DEA has seized xylazine mixed with fentanyl in 48 of 50 states

Drug dealers are increasingly mixing an animal tranquilizer that can cause skin rot in humans, as well as a long list of other health problems, with fentanyl.

On April 12, the Office of National Drug Control Policy announced the designation of fentanyl combined with xylazine, also known as "tranq," as an emerging drug threat.

The Drug Enforcement Agency says "xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced — fentanyl — even deadlier."

"DEA has seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states," Administrator Anne Milgram says. "The DEA Laboratory System is reporting that in 2022 approximately 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA contained xylazine."