New US street drug 'Tranq Dope' rotting people's skin

Warning: Video contains images of drug use and open wounds.A Sky News special report has found a new street drug in America called 'Tranq Dope', a mixture of Fentanyl and a veterinary tranquiliser Xylazine, is rotting the flesh of people who use it.In Philadelphia, sold for a few dollars a bag, the deadly drug is baffling doctors who race to treat 'zombified' users and their open skin wounds.This new drug is compounding the overdose crisis in America – where more than seventy thousand people die every year from Fentanyl.Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/tranq-dope-a-new-drug-is-rotting-peoples-skin-and-causing-horror-on-us-streets-12810916#drugs #us #skynewsSUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYg31l2xrF-Bj859nsOfnA To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales