BOLO for "Tranq" is street name, 'Xylazine' as a Flesh-Eating Drug Meant for Animals Now Linked to Thousands of Heroin, Fentanyl ODs; causes tissue death; This is black, necrotic tissue destruction
by Paul Alexander
BOLO for our kids; Tranq dope is the street name for a powerful drug that is a mixture of heroin, fentanyl, and xylazine; Xylazine causes wounds and sores on users’ bodies, resulting in amputations
Xylazine causes wounds and sores on users’ bodies, resulting in a significant increase of soft-tissue infections, bone disease and amputations; slows down blood flow and knocks out the user
“When fentanyl is not available, the cuts get heavy with xylazine,” Shinefeld said. “We’ll have someone that’ll do a bag that’s 23 parts xylazine to one part fentanyl, and we’ll have 15 people [overdose] on one corner,”