'Zombie drug' smuggled across southern border a growing threat to Americans, doctor warns
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Dr. Joseph Friedman, who studies "zombie drug" xylazine, warns that smugglers might be bringing the fentanyl enhancer into the United States.
Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital in 2025 and covers U.S. Crime.
In the 2010s, the drug made its way to the streets almost exclusively by being stolen from veterinarians and was particularly prevalent on the East Coast. Now, it is being manufactured and coming from abroad, and its footprint could dramatically scale. Previously, he was a public relations executive and a reporter at The Tennessee Star.
"There's evidence of it being imported into the U.S. through the southern border and also evidence of diversion of domestic veterinary supply," Dr. Joseph Friedman, who has studied xylazine for years, told Fox News Digital. He graduated from Elon University in 2014.
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