https://www.wrfalp.com/county-officials-monitoring-emergence-of-tranq-in-local-illegal-drug-supply/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-officials-monitoring-emergence-of-tranq-in-local-illegal-drug-supply A listener supported, non-commercial, low power FM radio station in Jamestown, NY. Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.wrfalp.com/county-officials-monitoring-emergence-of-tranq-in-local-illegal-drug-supply/#comment-226018 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:08:29 +0000 https://www.wrfalp.com/?p=51007#comment-226018 As someone who works in the field and has seen first hand the nasty effects of tranq the most helpful thing that can be done to combat this is providing free test kits in vending machines around the county and plastering pictures of the necrosis that tranq causes in users. Tranq restricts blood flow to skin and limbs causing the flesh to turn gangreous and rot off. People lose limbs and have holes in their skin and not only at the injection site. If we as a country are not going to follow the lead of more advanced, forward thinking, nations when it comes to providing a safe drug supply to our users then we need to provide as many harm reduction techniques as possible. This means flooding our streets with narcan kits, fentanyl test strips, xylazine test strips, clean needles and kits, safe injection sites, and free testing for HepC, HIV, as well as linkage to places in which they can get help (treatment on an outpatient and/or inpatient basis).

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