Not for nothing is it known as the ‘zombie drug’. Strong enough to knock out elephants, it has a staggering effect on people. Heads droop, eyes glaze, users sit or stand motionless for hours in a semi-conscious state known as ‘nodding out’.
Yet those aren’t even the most horrifying effects that ‘xylazine’ wreaks on its unfortunate users.
It’s so potent, it can cause appalling skin abscesses and ulcers — wounds that won’t heal and frequently become infected.
The resulting necrosis — rotting of infected tissue — is said to smell so revolting that you can tell someone is infected without them having to pull back their clothing to show you their gruesome wounds. These are like chemical burns and regularly result in amputation.
This new, horrific development in America’s drug crisis was brought into sharp relief by photographs taken over the July 4 Independence Day weekend.
Independence daze: Xylazine users in Philadelphia last weekend
Alarming: A man stumbles in the…
