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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Zahra Khaliq

Flesh-eating drug meant for animals linked to thousands of deadly drug overdoses

A flesh-eating animal tranquilliser known as xylazine has been linked to thousands of drug overdoses across the US.

Xylazine, a muscle relaxant intended for large animals like horses, has been found in 91 per cent of Philadelphia’s heroin and fentanyl supplies.

Known on the streets as tranq - the drug is said to prolong the highs felt from heroin.

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