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Flesh-rotting zombie drug Tranq BANNED from today after 400 deaths in UK

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Karl Warburton, 43, (pictured) died in May 2022 from the effects of xylazine combined with other drugs, including heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.

The UK government has banned a lethal, flesh-rotting animal tranquilizer used in vapes.

Xylazine, nicknamed “tranq,” has helped turn American cities like Philadelphia and New York into “zombie lands,” leaving its users lifeless.

But the powerful drug, strong enough to knock out elephants, is now “widespread” on UK streets, according to experts.

It has already been linked to 11 deaths since 2022.

As part of the new crackdown on drug gangs, the Home Office has introduced legislation to ban xylazine and 21 other substances in a bid to prevent future deaths.

Tighter restrictions have also been introduced on the synthetic opioid nitazene and its derivatives, as data suggested there had been at least 400 deaths linked to the substance across the UK since June 2023.

Government officials said the number is expected to rise in the coming years.

The UK has also become the first country in the world to train Border Force dogs to detect nitacenes and fentanyl in a bid to stop supplies from overseas, according to the Home Office.

Karl Warburton, 43, (pictured) died in May 2022 from the effects of xylazine combined with other drugs, including heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.

Xylazine depresses the central nervous system, causing users, like these in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, to appear zombie-like.

Xylazine depresses the central nervous system, causing users, like these in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, to appear zombie-like.

Diana Johnson, Police Minister, said: ‘One of the central missions of this new Government is to make our streets safer.

‘We will not accept the use of substances that put lives at risk and allow drug gangs to profit from the exploitation of vulnerable people.

‘We have seen what has happened in other countries when the use of these drugs is allowed to grow unchecked, and that is why we are among the first countries to take action and protect our communities from these new and dangerous drugs.

‘Criminals who produce, distribute and profit from these drugs will therefore face the full weight of the law.

A powerful animal tranquilizer that has helped turn some American cities into

A powerful animal tranquilizer that has helped turn some US cities into “zombie lands” is being added to the UK’s cocaine supplies, experts have warned.

“The changes being introduced will also make it easier to combat those suppliers who try to circumvent our controls.”

Xylazine, which has been found in vaporizers that some illicit drug users use for cannabis, will be labeled a Class C drug.

Of the other 21, six will be controlled as Class A.

Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, drugs are classified into three different classes based on their danger to people.

Class A is the most serious and includes substances such as cocaine and crack, ecstasy, MDMA and heroin, while codeine, ketamine and cannabis are considered Class B.

Meanwhile, the so-called “date rape” drug, GHB, anabolic steroids, nitrous oxide and the stimulant khat, are among the class C drugs.

Current drug laws mean those in possession of Class A drugs face up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both.

Anyone caught supplying or producing can face a sentence of life imprisonment, an unlimited fine or both.

People caught possessing Class B face up to five years in prison, while anyone caught carrying Class C can be jailed for two years.

Xylazine-related overdose deaths in the United States increased from 102 to 3,468 in just three years, between 2018 and 2021.

The White House designated it an “emerging drug threat” in April 2023, which often precedes a drug being classified as illegal.

But no further national measures have yet been taken.

The flesh-eating drug can affect a person's skin in places other than the injection site. This patient often injected the drug into his neck with gruesome effects.

The flesh-eating drug can affect a person’s skin in places other than the injection site. This patient often injected the drug into his neck with gruesome effects.

Some individual US states, including Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, have implemented bans.

Earlier this year, researchers at Kings College London also found tranquilizers in cocaine, counterfeit codeine and Valium tablets.

They warned that the figure of 11 is also likely to be a “gross underestimate” given that UK laboratories have not routinely tested for the drug.

This is believed to include Karl Warburton, a 43-year-old factory worker from Solihull who became the first known victim of the tranquilizer in the UK in 2022.

writing in the diary AddictionThey warned that if tranquilizer use soared as in the United States, hundreds of Britons could die.

“If the UK were to experience a 20-fold increase in deaths seen in the US since 2015, deaths following xylazine use could be anticipated to exceed 220 deaths by 2028,” they said.

Xylazine will continue to be available for veterinary prescription, the Government said. However, it will only be available if legally prescribed.

The changes are expected to take effect later this year or early 2025.

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