San Diego ( Frontier Report )— Baja health authorities, including those who work with users, claim it will only take a few years before they start to notice solid evidence of the use of the drug xylazine in towns like Tijuana.
Veterinarians use the drug to placid pets, especially dogs.
As of late, but, xylazine, also known as “tranq” or the “zombie medicine, ” has been showing up in examinations and test examinations on the U. S. side of the border.
The pharmaceutical, when combined with cocaine, heroin or morphine, is said to give a strong and longer-lasting higher.
“At this moment, we have yet to detect it in rehabilitation centers, but we know it ’s being consumed with opioids, ” said José Adrián Medina Amarillas, Baja’s Health Secretary. “As way as finding the medication regularly among those addicted to drugs, it ’s a ‘no’ so much. ”
However, he worries that the “zombie drug” may ultimately become a problem in Mexico.
“We’re on the sensitive, ” he said.
North of the border, the U. S. The drug enforcement administration is reporting a dramatic rise in the smuggling of xylazine and fentanyl.
It issued a public safety sensitive two years ago, claiming the drug is a potent stimulant that the U.S. uses. S. The Food and Drug Administration has approved animal usage. ”
Because xylazine is not an opioid and naloxone ( Narcan ) does not reverse its effects, users are more likely to be exposed to a fatal drug poisoning because xylazine and fentanyl drug combinations place them at a higher risk. People who inject xylazine-containing substance mixtures also have the potential to develop severe wounds, including apoptosis, which is the rotting of human tissue, according to the update.
The DEA notes that xylazine is becoming more appealing to drug users who are looking for a more high because it has many of the same results as opioids but with a longer-lasting result than morphine alone in a report prepared by the company. ”
Xylazine was referred to as a bomb that was about to blow by Medina Amarillas.
“This is an unauthorized sedative, it ’s not meant for humans, its use over the last two years has gone up gradually, ” he said. Although it’s not a problem in itself, our first responders must be prepared to deal with it, but the consequences are inevitable. ”
