A deadly poison that decomposes the user’s flesh has entered New York City from the West Coast, according to a report in the New York Post.

“Trunk,” the street name used for the animal tranquilizer xylazine, will be delivered by truck to the Big Apple, The Post reported. report. Once in New York City, xylazine is processed into other drugs such as fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. (Related: Trump says he doesn’t know if Americans are ‘ready’ to impose death penalty on drug traffickers)

Xylazine, which can cause skin lesions and meat necrosis and spoilage, is also responsible for one-fifth of overdose deaths in New York City, according to the paper, and drug users are trying to avoid the drug. It is said that there is The drug is plaguing cities on the West Coast, forcing Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom of California to change his anti-drug policy, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. report.

Trunks Invade New York City Pharmaceutical Factory, Experts Call City Drugs ‘Most Dangerous’ Ever https://t.co/1fIy73b6Zh pic.twitter.com/sGIefl7I0c

— New York Post (@nypost) July 10, 2023

Deaths from fentanyl mixed with xylazine rose from 2.9% of all fatal overdoses in January 2019 to 10.9% in June 2022, according to the Chronicle Chronicle.

Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior researcher at the Brookings Institution, told the Post that the city’s “safe injection” center may not be able to address the ill effects of “trunks” that cannot be treated with naloxone.

“It’s far better to let people maintain methadone and heroin and buy supplies than to risk overdosing and necrosis,” Felbab-Brown told the Post.

More than 100,000 Americans will die from overdoses in 2021 according to Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1 kilogram Fentanyl The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that up to 500,000 people could die.

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