reporter: it knocks you up almost immediately. here in philadelphia, tranq was found in 90% of dope samples in 2021. and it s making a difficult problem even worse. it s not an opiate. so people are having their opiate withdrawals as well as withdrawing from xylazine being in the drug supply. why don t we maybe move the plates over a little bit? reporter: megan cohen used to be addicted to heroin here in kensington. now sober, megan leads a group of volunteers to support those suffering from addiction with food, resources, and more frequently, wound care. if it s severe, sometimes we have to do surgery. most of the time folks need antibiotics or they need to be admitted to the hospital. reporter: but this problem is not isolated to this small section of philadelphia. it s easy to see this problem here because it s so concentrated. so people are so drawn to kensington to talk about xylazine. the reality is it s every place. reporter: statewide, in 2018,
naloxone because they can actually reverse an opioid overdose. but tranq itself is not an opiate. the more tranq there is in the dope, the less effective narcan is, and there is not a simple way yet of treating a tranq overdose. erin? danny, thank you very much. deeply disturbing, but important to know. and coming up on ac 360, why lawmaker marjorie taylor greene was voted out of the freedom caucus by her own. that s next. and next here, a first look at cnn s newest original series that celebrates the people behind what s being called the golden age of black tv. lars just by switching. ooooh, let me put a reminder on my phone. on the top of the pile!e! oh.. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. . eva s about to learn her fear of missing out leads to overeating. i totally eat stuff to not miss out. d that s just a bit of psychology eva learned om noom weight.
but i was the first one to say you can t arrest your way out of this crisis. you have to take a multidisciplinary approach. reporter: megan says while the government is starting to catch up, it is still behind when it comes to understanding and treating the impacts of tranq. these are human beings, and they need help. there is no big warning that went out and said hey, xylazine is going to come into your drug supply and this is the effect it s going to have. they re already using and here we are. people are losing limbs. a lot needs to change and we need to stay up with the times. reporter: do you think that the government can stop tranq from getting on the streets here? if they stop, there is going to be something to follow on. it s not going to stop. reporter: and erin, i just want to emphasize the challenges of treating someone who is experiencing an overdose involving tranq. remember, tranq is almost always mixed with an opiate. so health professionals recommend using nar
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able to hop off to belarus and the kremlin dropping charges against him? i m not saying steve was offering a simple explanation, but they figured out a way for all of them to get out of the jam, and that has to be the way it is for the time being. yes, i think that there was they had found themselves almost looking with brinkmanship at each other. prigozhin and wagner probably bit off far more than they could chew. but they had the opiate of all these people and public along the way, cheering them on, down the m-4, which is a very good highway going through cities and towns. yeah, i think s that that. i think they had to come out. i think just to realize they had