Kenya’s organization against drug abuse, Nacada, is worried that drug addicts are using animal calming drugs instead of heroin by injecting them into themselves.
This means that there are videos going viral on social media showing people near the coast who appear to be under the influence of drugs and behaving strangely.
Nacada mentioned on Sunday that they did not find any fentanyl in the samples they collected. Fentanyl is a very strong and dangerous synthetic drug, often thought to be stronger than heroin.
They discovered that the symptoms were caused by a large amount of heroin and a mix of heroin with other drugs, like a veterinarian tranquilizer called xylazine, prescribed medications, and other substances.
Nacada stated that the misuse of veterinary drugs could lead to a serious problem in managing cases of drug overdoses, which could affect the health of the general public.
“The statement says that we urgently need to put in place measures to control and regulate the use of veterinary drugs for non-medical purposes, to prevent them from being sold illegally. “
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Kenya concerned about drug addicts using tranquillizers made for animals
