Into the Shadows Tranq: The Zombie Drug Destroying Cities Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025 Since 2022, reports of Tranq-linked overdoses have surged across major U.S. cities ...

Tranq, also known as xylazine, is a powerful animal tranquilizer now being mixed into street drugs, with horrifying consequences. Users develop open wounds, rotting flesh, and a zombie-like stupor.

Also known as “tranq,” or “tranq dope,” on the streets, xylazine has become increasingly present in the illicit drug supply. The “zombie drug” nickname stems from the substance's known ...

A fentanyl adulterant 10 to 20 times stronger than xylazine is sweeping the US. As medetomidine surges, users face unseen ...

The drug xylazine, known as "tranq" in street lingo ... The drug leaves users in a "zombie-like" state as it constricts blood vessels and cuts off oxygen flow to the body, causing abscesses ...

Medetomidine, a related drug, is generally more potent, with longer duration than xylazine. Philadelphia: Zombie Central The ... Carlson HN. "Tranq-dope" overdose and mortality: lethality induced ...

EXCLUSIVE: Horrific side-effects of zombie drug flooding our streets: 32-year-old from Philly left with rotten flesh after taking fentanyl laced with horse sedative 'tranq' Despite not being ...

UPMC has created a blueprint for treating patients experiencing gruesome side effects from drugs laced with xylazine.

One person dies of a drug overdose every five minutes in America. More than 70,000 people a year are already being killed by the opioid Fentanyl. This drug is now being mixed with something even ...

The funeral home owner accused of leaving a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people pleaded guilty in court ...