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Drug control experts are sounding the alarm on the animal tranquilizer xylazine that is devastating cities and causing potentially deadly skin ulcerations to form in many xylazine users.
Xylazine emerged in Puerto Rico as an adulterant to drugs such as cocaine and heroin in the 2000s, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The drug moved to the mainland United States, landing in places like Philadelphia before coming to the attention of law enforcement. "Adding xylazine to it [fentanyl], or another anti-anxiety sedative type drug, spreads the effect out, the high, over a longer period of time," Jeremiah Daley, the executive director of the Liberty Mid-Atlantic High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
In addition, Dailey said it gives the user "a longer period of relief from jonesing, from going into withdrawal and re-administering."
On Friday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas introduced the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality Research Act (TRANQ). Cruz said, "The scourge of the drug epidemic continues to ravage communities in Texas and across the country. To protect our citizens, we must work swiftly to prevent deadly new drugs like tranq [xylazine] and the truly horrifying side effects that come with it from taking hold," according to a Senate press release.
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