The DEA warned of a sharp increase in the trafficking of a potentially deadly combination of Fentanyl mixed with a sedative only approved for veterinary use. A mixture that has been found in Colorado.
Known by the street name"tranq" or"tranq dope" and even"zombie drug", Xylazine was created to sedate animals like horses, cattle and sheep.
While it's more prevalent in the Northeast, DEA agents say they're concerned about it eventually becoming more prevalent in Colorado. “The alternative of not doing something, is that the person might die. You might still have the chance of reviving the effects of fentanyl,” said Olesky. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has recorded since 2021 two drug overdose deaths involving xylazine or nitazene in the Denver metro, another emerging substance. Denver Police found xylazine in 18 cases in 2022 through a fentanyl-monitoring project that tests drugs. However, the DEA says fentanyl and meth are still the main drugs investigators are finding on the streets of Colorado.
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