(Natural News) Philadelphia’s low-income Kensington neighborhood continues to be overrun with sleepwalking “zombies” as overdoses caused by the street drug known as tranq continue to rise. Also known as “tranq dope” or “zombie heroin,” tranq is made up of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, that is mixed in with other drugs, notably fentanyl. Tranq is known […]

(Natural News) The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert near the end of March about what they call “zombie drug,” a concoction of fentanyl and xylazine that is now being distributed across America. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram wrote in the alert that fentanyl becomes “even deadlier” when combined with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer. Milgram added that the DEA has […]

(Natural News) As if the fentanyl crisis could not get any worse, it just did. The DEA is finding a popular veterinary tranquilizer drug called xylazine, which is supposed to only be used to put animals to sleep for surgery, being used by drug dealers as a cutting agent for fentanyl. “Cutting” is when a […]

(Natural News) An animal tranquilizer drug is spreading across major cities in the United States and has sparked serious concerns as the illegal concoction is reportedly rotting the skin of users. Xylazine is an animal sedative commonly used for livestock like horses and cows. The drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use […]

(Natural News) The Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington has been designated as “ground zero” for the city’s latest drug epidemic caused by the proliferation of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer. More than 90 percent of the heroin being used by drug addicts in Philadelphia is now mixed with xylazine, or “tranq” as it is locally known. Photos […]

(Natural News) An animal tranquilizer typically used for horses is killing thousands in Philadelphia and other U.S. cities. Xylazine, a drug known on the streets as “tranq,” can be lethal when mixed with heroin or fentanyl and can cause severe wounds and sores that can result in amputations. City health officials said some people are injecting the drug […]