A man has become the first in the UK known to have died after taking a powerful sedative known as a “zombie drug”.
Xylazine is used by vets as a tranquilliser for large animals such as horses and cows - and has never been approved for human use as it can cause flesh-rotting sores on takers’ skin.
Also known as tranq, it has caused an epidemic of deaths in the US as it causes skin and muscle rotting away if mixed with illegal drugs such as heroin and fentanyl.
