After the United States, public health officials in Mexico are sounding the alarm after a recent study discovered the presence of animal tranquillizer xylazine in opioids.

Mexico raises alarm after study finds ‘zombie’ drug xylazine in opioids

The scale of ‘tranq’ epidemic infesting the streets of Philadelphia, US, has been revealed through horrific footage of drug addicts shared on social media. The clips showed the Kensington neighbourhood — regarded as the ‘ground zero’ for the city’s drug crisis —purportedly filled with zombie-like addicts, who can be seen passed out on the streets.

Inside Philadelphia’s hellhole: Shocking footage shows devastating impact of ‘zombie drug’ epidemic

Flesh-eating zombie drug Xylazine that has devastated US takes first life in UK. But could this just be the tip of the iceberg of the zombie drug overdose? What is this flesh-eating drug? Why is it called the Zombie drug? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Beware of the flesh-eating Zombie drug