Tranq has spread its chalky wings and swooped into the cocaine supply, blindsiding users who weren’t expecting the flesh-rotting, psychosis-inducing drug to infect their powdery little bundle…
. It also knocks its victims into a lumbering state of semi-consciousness, which can lead to robberies and other forms of street crime.
Earlier this month, 86 patients tested positive for the tranquilizer in the span of seven days, McKinney said. “I thought people were putting spider eggs in my cocaine, and I saw spiders under my skin and under my toenails,” Walsleben said. “I saw big welts moving in my body when I looked in the mirror.”
“The respiratory, central nervous and cardiovascular systems are put into a conflicting position about whether to slow down or speed up,” he said. , believes tranq is being mixed with drugs like heroin and cocaine here in America — not overseas — where the synthetic cutting agent is often manufactured.
“The most effective way to prevent loss of life is to cut off the supply at the top of the chain,” she added. “You don’t want to wait until it gets out on the street to try to scoop it up.”Brennan said the city’s crime labs do note the presence of xylazine in the chemists’ notes but not in the lab report. In other words, authorities looking for evidence of tranq must go through a longer, more arduous process to find out whether it’s there.
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