Tranq users get turned into real-life zombies, right down to loss of basic mental function and the rotten flesh. FOX13
Some of the most chilling accounts of tranq’s impact come from those most familiar with the drug: front line mental health professionals, addiction services, and the users themselves. Rochelle Long is a mental health professional embedded with the Marysville Police Department – just this month she put colleagues and clinics on notice to brace themselves for the full-on arrival of tranq, warning that it hooks users with a new and powerful kind of high.
Tranq’s base ingredient is Xylazine, a tranquilizer for large animals, obtained either illicitly through local vet suppliers or from overseas sources like China in powder form to bulk up fentanyl; tranq, also known in some circles as ‘fetti powder’ and ‘tranq dope,’ is what you get when you mix xylazine with fentanyl.
In the West region, the DEA reports forensic lab identifications of xylazine were up 112% percent in 2021 – the latest year for which numbers are available. The report also says "xylazine-positive fatal overdoses … experienced a significant jump from 2020 to 2021" – up 1,127% in the South region, up 750% in the West.
Tranq has already ravaged multiple cities on the East Coast. Sarah Laurel is the founder of the 'Savage Sisters' outreach program in Philadelphia – in an interview with FOX 13, she said tranq is everywhere now: "It took us about two years for it to dominate and take over our supply, whereas in Boston for instance, it was almost non-existent in July and August, it is now in 70% of their supply.
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