A new “zombie drug” which has claimed its first British victim could be widespread in the UK, experts have warned.
The death of 43-year-old Karl Warburton in Solihull, West Midlands, last May marked the first recorded fatality caused by xylazine, a powerful sedative which has swept across the United States.
The substance – used by vets to tranquilise large animals – lowers the heart and breathing rate to dangerous levels and can cause large patches of rotting flesh when injected, leading to the name zombie drug.
