Editorial: The horrors of ‘xylazine,’ the ‘zombie drug’ roiling Chicago and New York
by Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Apr 25, 2023
3 minutes
These days, drug use in New York’s Washington Square Park is very much out in the open. On the park benches, you can see people smoking, injecting themselves and their bench mates and even cooking methamphetamine. On a recent Sunday morning, they did so undisturbed.
But the big shocker for an infrequent visitor is something different. A few of the people present in the park have red and black wounds on their skin. In at least one case this past
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