BBCNEWS Newsnight June 4, 2024 21:59:00
In the states and now the death of a 43—year—old man here is the first in the uk to be linked to the "zombie" drug. these six—day old pictures from tiktok appear to show the impact of xylazine—laced drugs on the streets of philadelphia. the opioid addiction crisis on america�*s streets isn�*t new, but to cut costs and increase the potency of their narcotics, drug dealers first began to mix heroin with the powerful and often lethal anaesthetic drug fentanyl and now increasingly with the non—opioid animal tranquilliser xylazine. the white house drug tsar has come out strongly in re...