How an alarming rise in deaths linked to 'zombie drug' Tranq made Biden's White House act

New figures show a shocking rise in deaths on US streets linked to a drug which rots the skin of those who use it.

Xylazine, often referred to as Tranq or the zombie drug, has spread across America at such alarming speed that the White House has now released a new six-point action plan to tackle the crisis.

The drug, an animal tranquillizer, is increasingly mixed or "cut" by drug dealers into supplies of fentanyl which itself is already killing over 100,000 Americans every year.

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