Members of Congress are calling for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to ramp up efforts to fight against the surge in the use of the drug xylazine, also known as the “zombie drug” or “tranq.”
The DEA says when xylazine is mixed with fentanyl, it makes an even deadlier combination.“It’s a deadly, skin-rotting zombie drug that’s bringing a horrific wave of overdoses across the country,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during a press conference on Thursday.to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram urging the DEA to increase resources for state and local agencies to fight against the drug.
Schumer also called on the DEA to report on the manufacturing, prevalence, and risk of xylazine, especially when mixed with fentanyl. “Only 18 months ago, xylazine was reported in 36 states. Today, that number has risen to 48 states,” Schumer wrote. “We must know more about where this drug originates, how much of the illicit supply of this drug is diverted from the legal supply, how xylazine is being diverted to and through the United States, and whether there are any analogues to the drug that could be of risk to Americans.”It’s a concern that has bipartisan calls for action.
In January, several House Republicans sent a letter to the DEA and to U.S. Customs and Border Protection about concerns over the growing use of xylazine.“While the Food and Drug Administration’s issuance of a nationwide four page xylazine alert to clinicians in November was a good first step, the response to this growing threat remains wholly inadequate,” the GOP lawmakers wrote. “Xylazine must be recognized as the threat it is and be scheduled by the Drug Enforcement Administration .
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