The deadliest drug threat in the US
U.S. GOVERNMENT IS CHILLING. IT SAYS FENTANYL, WHICH WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST DRUG THREAT IN THE U.S., HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW DRUG CALLED XYLAZINE, WHICH THE D.E.A. CONSIDERS EVEN DEADLIER. >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE CASES HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. REPORTER: AND ACCORDING TO SEMINOLE COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR. TODD HUSTY, LAB TESTS DONE BY THE STATE SHOW IT HAS MADE ITS WAY TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND IN ALL CASES, MIXED IN WITH FENTANYL. >> ONE IN 2018, TWO IN 2022. ONE SEEMS TO BE APOPKA AND THE OTHER SEEMS TO BE SEMINOLE COUNTY. THERE IS A LAG TIME IN THE TESTING, SO THERE COULD BE MORE SINCE THEN. REPORTER: THE POTENT SEDATIVE HAS A COUPLE OF STREET NAMES, TRANQ, AND THE MOST TELLING, THE ZOMBIE DRUG, BECAUSE IT IS LEGALLY USED BY VETS ON BIG ANIMALS. >> IT’S ACTUALLY AN ANESTHETIC DRUG TO PUT BIG ANIMALS COWS AND PIGS TO SLEEP TO DO SURGERY. REPORTER: SINCE XYLAZINE IS NOT AN OPIOID, NARCAN DOES NOT WORK. AND THERE’S MORE. IT CAN CAUSE YOUR SKIN TO BREAK OUT IN SORES, CAUSE YOUR SKIN TO ROT, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE AMPUTATION IS NECESSARY. >> IT CAN CAUSE A COMPLETE DECREASE OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO THAT AREA, YOU DON’T GET BLOOD SUPPLY THAT TISSUE IS GOING TO DIE AND WHEN IT DIES IT ROTS. REPORTER: WHO’S COMING UP WITH THIS STUFF? EXPERTS SAY THE ZOMBIE DRUG IS CHEAPER SO DRUG DEALERS DO THE MATH. >> WE MIX THESE TWO TOGETHER, WE CAN HAVE A BETTER PROFIT MARGIN IT’S NOT ABOUT LIVES, IT’S ABOUT PROFIT. REPORTER: AND EVENTUALLY TAKING
Public health officials warn ‘zombie drug’ xylazine is circulating in Central Florida
It’s being called the “deadliest drug threat” in the country.
Updated: 8:00 PM EDT Mar 21, 2023
It’s being called the deadliest drug threat in the country.Now the DEA is warning Americans. It’s nicknamed the “zombie drug,” and it’s already shown up in Central Florida.The warning from the U.S. government is chilling. It says fentanyl, which was once considered the “deadliest drug threat” in the US, has now been replaced by a new drug called xylazine which the DEA considers even deadlier. “We actually have three cases here in central Florida,” Seminole County medical director Todd Husty said. According to Husty, lab tests done by the state show it has made its way to central Florida, and in all cases, mixed in with fentanyl. “One (case) in 2018. Two in 2022. One seems to be Apopka, and the other seems to be Seminole County. There is a lag time in the testing, so there could be more since then,” Husty said. The potent sedative has a couple of street names like tranq, and the most telling, the zombie drug because it is legally used by veterinarians on big animals. “It’s actually an anesthetic drug to put big animals cows and pigs to sleep to do surgery,” Husty said. Since xylazine is not an opioid, Narcan does not work. And it can cause your skin to break out in sores, cause your skin to rot, even to the point where amputation is necessary. “So it can cause a complete decrease of blood supply to that area. You don’t get blood supply that tissue is going to die, and when it dies, it rots,” Husty said. Who is coming up with this stuff? Mixing xylazine with fentanyl. Experts say the zombie drug is cheaper so drug dealers do the math. “We mix these two together. We can have a better profit margin. It’s not about lives, it’s about profit,” Husty said. Top stories:Seminole County man finds security footage of intruder breaking into home2 bodies recovered anchor mishap leads to drownings in Florida lakeDeSantis needles Trump, says he has no experience with ‘paying hush money to a porn star’
It’s being called the deadliest drug threat in the country.
Now the DEA is warning Americans. It’s nicknamed the “zombie drug,” and it’s already shown up in Central Florida.
The warning from the U.S. government is chilling. It says fentanyl, which was once considered the “deadliest drug threat” in the US, has now been replaced by a new drug called xylazine which the DEA considers even deadlier.
“We actually have three cases here in central Florida,” Seminole County medical director Todd Husty said.
According to Husty, lab tests done by the state show it has made its way to central Florida, and in all cases, mixed in with fentanyl.
“One (case) in 2018. Two in 2022. One seems to be Apopka, and the other seems to be Seminole County. There is a lag time in the testing, so there could be more since then,” Husty said.
The potent sedative has a couple of street names like tranq, and the most telling, the zombie drug because it is legally used by veterinarians on big animals.
“It’s actually an anesthetic drug to put big animals cows and pigs to sleep to do surgery,” Husty said.
Since xylazine is not an opioid, Narcan does not work. And it can cause your skin to break out in sores, cause your skin to rot, even to the point where amputation is necessary.
“So it can cause a complete decrease of blood supply to that area. You don’t get blood supply that tissue is going to die, and when it dies, it rots,” Husty said.
Who is coming up with this stuff? Mixing xylazine with fentanyl. Experts say the zombie drug is cheaper so drug dealers do the math.
“We mix these two together. We can have a better profit margin. It’s not about lives, it’s about profit,” Husty said.
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