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TRANQ

The New Threat

Source: DEA

THE UP-AND-COMING DANGER

Tranq (“trank”), also known as xylazine, is one of the newest substances being sold by dealers.

Xylazine is not meant for people. It was first made to calm down injured horses before surgery. Tranq can cause serious issues like damaging tissue, creating painful wounds, and triggering seizures.

Tranq is a narcotic that is injected. It has effects similar to heroin and fentanyl, but lasts longer.

Know the stats
  • Tranq overdosed increased by 516% in the Midwest from 2020 to 2021 (DEA)
  • From 2019 to 2022, there were seventy tranq-related overdoses in Minnesota. Fentanyl found in all of them. (MDH Xylazine)
  • In Minnesota, tranq overdoses increased by about 42% from 2021 to 2022. (MDH Xylazine)
0 %
of the 70 tranq-related overdoses in Minnesota contained fentanyl from 2019 to 2022.

Source: MDH Xylazine

In Minnesota, tranq overdoses increased by
0 %
from 2021 to 2022
Source: MDH Xylazine

UNDERSTANDING TRANQ

Tranq is often mixed with other substances, making it hard to know what you are taking.

Unlike opioids, tranq poses new risks because naloxone cannot reverse tranq overdoses. However, naloxone can help with overdoses involving heroin or fentanyl mixed with tranq. If you suspect an overdose, always use naloxone.

TRANQ HARM REDUCTION METHODS
  • Always use naloxone if you suspect an overdose.
  • Test your substances with xylazine test strips before use.
  • Avoid using substances alone.
  • Treat tranq wounds right away.
  • Know that tranq withdrawal is different opioid withdrawal.
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