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Why One Drug Turned People Into Walking Corpses (History For Sleep)

This documentary explores the rise of xylazine, a veterinary sedative also known as xylazine tranq or tranq dope, and how it became one of the most dangerous adulterants in the American drug supply. Once used only in animals, xylazine is now widely mixed into fentanyl, particularly in Philadelphia and Kensington, reshaping the opioid crisis. The film examines xylazine effects, including prolonged sedation, xylazine addiction, and severe medical complications such as xylazine wounds, xylazine necrosis, and chronic xylazine infections linked to xylazine injection. Because its effects cannot be…

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