In the United States, a drug known as ‘Xylazine’, ‘Xylazine’ or ‘Tranq’ is running high, a strong sedative that was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, but for veterinary purposes. From. However, tranquilizers have experienced a large increase in use forcing institutions to issue public safety warnings due to their lethal effects.
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What is “trank”?
This dangerous drug is called xylazine or the “zombie drug”, and it has been authorized by the United States since 1972, specifically as a veterinary sedative and analgesic for horses and deer, so it is safe for human consumption. Not suitable for Its composition is made from a mixture of the opioid fentanyl and the tranquilizer xylazine.
In people, it acts as a central nervous system depressant, which causes side effects such as drowsiness, amnesia, or a decrease in heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure to potentially dangerous limits.
However, among its disadvantages are skin wounds caused by its consumption, either through inhalation or injection, it is harmful to the human eye due to its great depth, even leading to amputation in the most extreme cases. .
What are the disadvantages of “Tranque”?
The “zombie drug” causes users to die instantly, regardless of dependence, it produces physical consequences, with skin lesions that resemble wounds and can lead to limb amputation.
Similarly, the drug that helps reverse the effects of fentanyl, naloxone (Narcan), is not enough to end an overdose and save a life, so for now, there is no remedy against an overdose of “Trank.” Is.
Next, there are other consequences of the drug:
- decrease in respiratory rate and heart rate
- decrease in blood pressure
- skin infection
- high or low sugar
- Skin infection.
Why was “Trunk” declared endangered in the United States?
“This is the first time in our nation’s history that a substance has been designated as an emerging hazard,” Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of War on Drugs, made the announcement at a press conference in a few weeks. Earlier
Between 2020 and 2021, detections of xylazine by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) increased by nearly 200% in the South of the country and more than 100% in the West. Gupta said the designation as an emerging threat would allow Congress to use the money requested by President Joe Biden for his 2024 budget.
“We need the support of Congress,” he pleaded, so that funds would not have to be diverted to other causes.
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