Schumer Warns of ‘Skin-Rotting Zombie Drug’ Gaining Popularity in New York

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his constituents in New York about a new drug that he says could cause people’s skin to rot.
“We all know what a scourge fentanyl has been across the New York area—New York City, Long Island, all the suburbs—but now we’re seeing a new even worse type of drug being mixed with fentanyl,” Schumer said during a press conference in Manhattan on Sunday.
Schumer warned this new drug, called xylazine, is being mixed in with other addictive street drugs like heroin and “could be a nightmare” for its users.
“It’s a deadly, skin-rotting zombie drug that evil drug dealers are now mixing with fentanyl, with heroin, and with other drugs,” Schumer continued. “And it’s already bringing a horrific wave of death and overdose to upstate New York, and it’s on its way to New York City and Long Island where we’ve already seen it begin to rear its ugly head.”…}