A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers moved Tuesday to further restrict xylazine, a veterinary sedative also known as tranq, in an effort to crack down on the drug's spread.
The Combating Illicit Xylazine Act would classify xylazine, as a Schedule III drug, putting it on par with ketamine and anabolic steroids, and also declare xylazine as an emerging drug threat. The bill would also allow the DEA to track the drug's manufacturing in an effort to cut down on it being used to cut illegal drugs.
Xylazine is a sedative and muscle relaxer used on large animals like horses, and is not approved for use in humans, Dr. Sherri Kacinko, a forensic toxicologist at NMS Labs in Pennsylvania who studies xylazine and other substances, recently told CBS News. Xylazine is a central nervous system depressant, which has a sedative effect and depresses breathing, Alixe Dittmore, a training and content development coordinator with the National Harm Reduction Coalition, told CBS News. It is not an opiate, but those effects combined with an opiate can stop someone's breathing, causing an overdose.
While Naloxone, also known under the brand name Narcan, does not reverse the effects of xylazine, the life-saving drug can still be administered to those experiencing an overdose because any opioids cut with xylazine will still react, experts said.
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