it s goodnight. after multiple racist incidents involving uk police officers newsnight learns that the initiative set up to tackle racism in policing in england and wales is now facing allegations of racism itself. some ethnic minority staff who used to work for the unit tell this programme they believed they were seen as troublemakers or difficult . i was treated differently my white colleagues by a lack of support when the workload increased. i increasingly felt my voice and at times might lived and professional experience were being ignored. we ll ask the chair of the body tasked with oversight of the programme where this leaves the police race action plan. also tonight south africa grants diplomatic immunity to world leaders attending a conference in august. president putin himself has outstanding arrest warrants for war crimes, so will he now turn up injoburg? the message is that south africa would have been showing is that it prefers its relationship with mr puti
and begins to spread. bud turns into an ulcer that infected and begins to spread. turns into an ulcer that infected and begins to spread. and are the dru: and begins to spread. and are the drug users and begins to spread. and are the drug users in and begins to spread. and are the drug users in states and begins to spread. and are the drug users in states across - and begins to spread. and are the | drug users in states across america actively now seeking out tranq and if they are, why? i actively now seeking out tranq and if they are. why? if they are, why? i can speak to philadelphia if they are, why? i can speak to philadelphia at if they are, why? i can speak to philadelphia at least. if they are, why? i can speak to | philadelphia at least. everybody that i serve on a daily basis is seeking the tranq, not because they want it necessarily but because they are now becoming dependent on it. if you were to take a person who is chemically dependent on xylazine and give th
xylazine was and that it infiltrated the drug supply. it made things worse in so many more aspects. you talked about the wounds. i had a few of those. i had access to a shower so i could keep both of my arms but a lot of the people i came into contact with aren t so lucky. so contact with aren t so lucky. so eole contact with aren t so lucky. so people are actually having limbs amputated because if you inject this cocktail of drugs it can lead to these wounds and if they aren t cleaned, then. then that sjust these wounds and if they aren t cleaned, then. then that s just a nightmare. 50 cleaned, then. .. then that s ust a nightmare. nightmare. so it s a big misconception - nightmare. so it s a big misconception that - nightmare. so it s a big misconception that you | nightmare. so it s a big - misconception that you can only nightmare. so it s a big misconception that you can only get the wounds from injecting. it doesn t really matter, your mode of consumption. it s not the injec
with xylazine and fentanyl. to the extent that some areas of the country we have an over 1100% increase in those deaths in recent years. according to us drug enforcement administration figures from march, xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat the united states has ever faced even deadlier. the dea seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 out of 50 states and 23% of seized fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills contain xylazine. the presence of the drug was found in 800 us drug overdose deaths in 2020. in 2021 it was more than 3000. that said, the overall number of overdose deaths in the states has flattened off in the last year, according to the us centers for disease control, both the predicted amount and the reported number. that doesn t alter the fact both are at all time highs of well over
drug so it can slow the - and fentanyl? so, it s a sedative drug so it can slow the heart - and fentanyl? so, it s a sedative | drug so it can slow the heart rate and reduce drug so it can slow the heart rate and reduce the breathing rate and if you are and reduce the breathing rate and if you are layering that with other opioids you are layering that with other opioids you re taking at the same time opioids you re taking at the same time it s opioids you re taking at the same time it s increasing the risk of overdose time it s increasing the risk of overdose. is time it s increasing the risk of overdose- time it s increasing the risk of overdose. ., ., ., ., overdose. is there an antidote to tran: ? overdose. is there an antidote to tranq? unfortunately overdose. is there an antidote to tranq? unfortunately not. - overdose. is there an antidote to tranq? unfortunately not. there| overdose. is there an antidote to i tranq? unfortunately not. there is an antidote tranq? u