The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the American public about an increase in the trafficking of xylazine, an animal sedative that is often mixed with deadly synthetic opioids and goes by the street name “tranq.”
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said mixtures of fentanyl and xylazine have been seized in nearly every state.
Drug users are increasingly adding xylazine to opioid drugs to extend the euphoria they get from a high.Officials from San Francisco to the Northeast have sounded the alarm about tranq, and the White House drug czar is considering whether to label tranq as an emerging threat, a major step that could increase awareness and speed treatments.
U.S. officials are worried the emerging threat will only worsen the drug crisis since the combination of drugs can increase users’ chances of a fatal overdose. About 107,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. from August 2021 to August 2022, with 66% of those deaths involving synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
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