Xylazine, the zombie drug, is making its way across the U.S and, sadly, leaving some users with gaping wounds. It's a sedative drug that was made for animals, like horses, pigs
and cows
. It's difficult to overstate how incompatible the drug is with human consumption...
Scary stuff. Grateful for the contribution of many experts in my new piece https://fortune.com/well/2023/03/07/tranq-xylazine-zombie-drug-skin-rotting/
including @ToxmasHartung @JohnsHopkinsSPH @JMPerroneMD @PennMedicine @PHLPublicHealth Silvana Mazzella @preventionpp James Sherman @SavageSister215 @SF_DPH @lapublichealth @DEAHQ @CDCgov @ChelseaLShover @UCLAHealth
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