The warning comes weeks after the Drug Enforcement Administration said that “tranq’ a mix of animal tranquilizer and fentanyl – is making fentanyl, the most dangerous drug threat our country has ever faced, even deadlier.”
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The White House is issuing an unprecedented warning about xylazine, the veterinary tranquilizer increasingly found in the illicit opioid supply. Beginning today (April 12, 2023), the substance will be classified as an “emerging drug threat” — the first designation of its kind.
The announcement and accompanying notification to Congress from Rahul Gupta, the White House’s top drug policy official, comes as xylazine continues to spread throughout U.S. cities. In Philadelphia, especially, it has caused a public health crisis by causing overdoses and painful, dangerous skin wounds in people who inject drugs adulterated with xylazine.
The administration is educating young people about the dangers of fentanyl and potentially life-saving Narcan spray, but warn that Tranq-dope is Narcan-resistant.
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