’It eats up your flesh’: ’Tranq’, the new drug worsening America’s opioid epidemic • FRANCE 24

Xylazine, an animal sedative, known by the street name ’tranq’, is adding a new and horrific twist to the opioid crisis that has swept the US in recent years. The drug is increasingly being mixed with highly addictive fentanyl, often without users’ knowledge, and causes a gruesome side effect: rotting flesh and wounds that don’t heal. #opioids #tranq #fentanyl 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Discover the news in pictures on Instagram: Get the latest top stories on Telegram: