Authorities track flesh-eating 'zombie drug' saturating Los Angeles streets



Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials have launched a new program to track the troubling prevalance of the flesh-eating “zombie drug” known as xylazine.

Xylazine is a sedative drug used by veterinarians to anesthetize animals. The drug, also known as “tranq,” “tranq dope,” on the streets, has become increasingly present in the illicit drug supply.

The drug can be cooked down into a powder form and mixed with illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl or pressed into counterfeit pills or sedatives. The “zombie drug” nickname stems from the drug’s known effect of rotting the skin.

KTLA’s Karen Wynter reports on May 11, 2023.

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41 thoughts on “Authorities track flesh-eating 'zombie drug' saturating Los Angeles streets”

  1. Are we sure some unknown people/group isn’t introducing this stuff on purpose? Not condoning any facet of this issue but why would you want to harm and kill your client base? The addicts clearly don’t care and are not deterred but damn, is this a clandestine tactic to intentionally flush our society farther down the drain?

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  2. Wait until they get a contagious disease that the general public gets. Just make all normal drugs legal and tax it already. Allow the
    clean heroin in the country. “Tranq”is what they call zombie drug. They look like zombies. I think this was done on purpose.
    Does China really hate us? If they do I’m not buying anything else from them if I can help it. This is scary

    We should have compassion like the people of Norway. Y
    They take care of ALL their people. I’m sad for the United States. China is taking over. That is where the fentanyl comes from. It gets into via Mexico and Mexico gets it here.
    I think this would a military attack and instead of stopping it they go after doctors and those who need pain meds.

    Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for veterinary use only.

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  3. Message goes out to people: Drugs are bad for you and will make your bad life even worse than it is now.
    Random person: Well gee, I think i'll try that stuff out then!
    You know the old saying. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink?
    It's not that I don't care, but if I tell you not to put your hand into a burning fire because it will hurt you and you do it anyway, you're an id10t. Do what you wanna do and natural selection will kick in.

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  4. It’s very sad in Philadelphia we see it here too also it’s not an opioid type drug soo using Narcan won’t work becuz it’s solely an animal tranquilizer 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

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  5. this connect to my neighbors they try used this on me and ancy diaz verduzco they drug me up. i had to conntact the modesto police department they would not help me 1521 half carver they try murder me

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  6. white power to sherry wilson mark wilson christopher wilson and carson city navada to mexican power nancy diaz verduzco to 1805 evergreen and 669 waddwll st modesto ca mexican poewer they wanted control

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  7. This drug was on the streets of Kensington, Philadelphia Pa.for years no one gave a crap.. Addicts were dying and in bad shape because of the effects the drug had on human tissue. Addicts walking around with huge abscesses or worse became septic.. The only people that were trying to help were recovering addicts.. They were helping those using get into rehab or the hospital for treatment.. They also helped with food, provided transportation to 12 step meetings. They just made sure that those still using had someone in there corner when they were ready for help and they also kept in touch with some of the addicts families to let them know how they were.. There were times they made that call that no Mother or Father wants to get that there son or daughter overdosed and died!! My point is that maybe had they done something about the problem in Kensington.. The problem may not have spread to other areas.. I mean it took years to spread not like crack which was almost overnight!! May God Bless and Protect those who suffer from the disease of Addiction.. May those who are Suffering from any Type of Addiction be Cured In The Name Of Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. 🙏😇

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  8. I have heared about it in 2009 in India from one of my friend he said to me that he got information from one of the onion website. I said Resident Evil the movie. Everyone knows about even FBI, CIA and NSA know about it. But, no one is doing anything

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  9. I am very shocked to see all these down and outs and drug addicts, why arent the Government rehoming these people and helping them to get clean? I live in UK and our society and charities try to help people like this even if our Government don't always help. Also Prince William is taking it on board now to eradicate homelessness in the UK.

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