AGENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS AND WHY IT’S SO CONCERNING. USERS ARE STILL GETTING THAT OPIATE CRAVE THING THAT THEY NEED FROM THE FENTANYL. BUT IT ALSO SEDATE THEM AND IT CAN EVEN KNOCK THEM OUT OR EVEN KIND OF LOCK THEM UP IN PLACE WHERE THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE LIKE THEY’RE JUST PARALYZED ALMOST, BUT THEY’RE STILL STANDING. IT’S BEEN NICKNAMED THE ZOMBIE DRUG ON THE STREETS. IT’S CALLED TRANQ. A BRUTAL COMBINATION OF FENTANYL AND XYLENE. IT’S AN ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER, BUT IT’S MADE IN THE BLACK MARKET OVERSEAS IN ASIA, TYPICALLY EXPORTED OUT OF CHINA TO THE DRUG CARTELS. THEY TYPICALLY TAKEN THE FENTANYL AND HAVE BEEN BOOSTING IT OR ENHANCING IT WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF CHEMICALS OFF THE BLACK MARKET. THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS TOLD ME THE TREND STARTED PRIMARILY ON THE EAST COAST, PLACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON. BUT IN THE LAST YEAR, THE BUREAU HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN FENTANYL PILLS TESTING POSITIVE FOR XYLENE. IN OKLAHOMA, IT’S CAUSING THESE ABSCESSES AND ULCERS THAT ARE CAUSING 20, 30 YEAR OLD KIDS TO LOSING LIMBS TO AMPUTATION BECAUSE OF THESE INFECTIONS. AND IT’S NOT JUST WITH THE DRUG DOES TO USERS. I’M TOLD IT’S RESISTANT TO NARCAN, WHICH IS USED TO HELP SAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE OVERDOSED. XYLENE IS NOT AN OPIOID. SO IF YOU’VE GOT AN OVERDOSE AND THERE’S HIGH LEVELS OF XYLENE, OFTENTIMES THE NARCAN WILL NOT WORK. STOPPING ALL THIS IS TOUGH. OBION SAYS. CARTELS IN MEXICO ARE PRESSING FENTANYL PILLS WITH XYLENE FROM CHINA, AND THEN THEY’RE TRAFFICKED INTO THE UNITED STATES. WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY COOPERATION WHATSOEVER FROM CHINA OR MEXICO TO STOP EITHER THE EXPORTATION OF FENTANYL OR THE EXPORTATION OF XYLENE ON THE BLACK MARKET THAT IS ULTIMATELY REACHING THE STREETS OF THE US. OBION SAYS. THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND STOP MAJOR SOURCES OF THE DRUG, SOME OF WHICH WERE MOVING BETWEEN TEN AND 20,000 PILLS. A NIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER. BU
OBN finds disturbing presence of deadly drug in Oklahoma
Some call it the ‘zombie drug’ and it’s a bad combination of fentanyl and an animal tranquilizer
![KOCO logo]()
Updated: 8:09 AM CDT Jun 28, 2023
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics has found a disturbing presence of a deadly drug in the state.Some call it the "zombie drug," and it’s a bad combination of fentanyl and an animal tranquilizer. It was moved into the country by drug cartels."Users are still getting that opiate craving they need from the fentanyl, but it also sedates them and can even knock them out or lock them up in place, and they’re still standing," said Mark Woodward, a spokesperson for OBN.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.It’s been nicknamed the zombie drug, and on the streets, it’s called "tranq." It is a brutal combination of fentanyl and xylazine. "It’s an animal tranquilizer, but it’s made on the black market overseas in Asia. Typically, exported out of China to the drug cartels. They’ve typically taken the fentanyl and boosted it or enhanced it with different types of chemicals off the black market," Woodward said.OBN said the trend started primarily on the East Coast in places such as Philadelphia and Boston. In the last year, the bureau has seen an increase in fentanyl pills testing positive for xylazine in Oklahoma."It’s causing these abscesses and ulcers that are causing 20 and 30-year-olds to lose limbs to amputation because of these infections," Woodward said.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppIt’s not just what the drug does to users. KOCO 5 was told it’s also resistant to Narcan, which is used to help save people who have overdosed. "Xylazine is not an opioid, so if you’ve got an overdose and there’s high levels of xylazine, oftentimes the Narcan will not work," Woodward said.OBN said cartels in Mexico are pressing fentanyl pills with xylazine from China, and then they’re trafficked into the United States."We’re not going to get any cooperation from China or Mexico to stop the exportation of fentanyl, or xylazine on the black market, that’s ultimately reaching the streets in the U.S.," Woodward said.OBN said they’ve been able to identify and stop major sources of the drug, some of which were moving between 10,000 to 20,000 pills a night across the border. Usually, there’s someone else ready to take the suspect’s place when they’re caught, OBN said.Top Headlines Oklahoma game warden rescues child who fell backward into Lake Carl BlackwellCrews battle house fire after lightning possibly strikes northwest Oklahoma City homeLakes in Oklahoma under advisory after unsafe levels of mercury found in fish'He's right next to you!' Drone captures curious humpback whale near kayaker in Australia
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics has found a disturbing presence of a deadly drug in the state.
Some call it the "zombie drug," and it’s a bad combination of fentanyl and an animal tranquilizer. It was moved into the country by drug cartels.
"Users are still getting that opiate craving they need from the fentanyl, but it also sedates them and can even knock them out or lock them up in place, and they’re still standing," said Mark Woodward, a spokesperson for OBN.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
It’s been nicknamed the zombie drug, and on the streets, it’s called "tranq." It is a brutal combination of fentanyl and xylazine.
"It’s an animal tranquilizer, but it’s made on the black market overseas in Asia. Typically, exported out of China to the drug cartels. They’ve typically taken the fentanyl and boosted it or enhanced it with different types of chemicals off the black market," Woodward said.
OBN said the trend started primarily on the East Coast in places such as Philadelphia and Boston. In the last year, the bureau has seen an increase in fentanyl pills testing positive for xylazine in Oklahoma.
"It’s causing these abscesses and ulcers that are causing 20 and 30-year-olds to lose limbs to amputation because of these infections," Woodward said.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
It’s not just what the drug does to users. KOCO 5 was told it’s also resistant to Narcan, which is used to help save people who have overdosed.
"Xylazine is not an opioid, so if you’ve got an overdose and there’s high levels of xylazine, oftentimes the Narcan will not work," Woodward said.
OBN said cartels in Mexico are pressing fentanyl pills with xylazine from China, and then they’re trafficked into the United States.
"We’re not going to get any cooperation from China or Mexico to stop the exportation of fentanyl, or xylazine on the black market, that’s ultimately reaching the streets in the U.S.," Woodward said.
OBN said they’ve been able to identify and stop major sources of the drug, some of which were moving between 10,000 to 20,000 pills a night across the border. Usually, there’s someone else ready to take the suspect’s place when they’re caught, OBN said.
Top Headlines
