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Internet users, with supporting videos, claim that the zombie drug is circulating in France. What about it? The Franceinfo “True or False” cell will enlighten you.
On social networks, Internet users present viral videos as proof of a new scourge, the consumption in France of xylazinea powerful tranquilizer given to animals. Even the deputy LR Eric Ciotti calls out the Prime Minister. “Before the ‘zombie drug’ contaminates France (…) we must take urgent measures to stop it.”he writes on X (formerly Twitter). So, is the zombie drug circulating in France? This is false and the cell “TRUE or false” explains why.
No reports in Normandy
On images filmed in the Rouen metro (Seine-Maritime), SATURDAY September 9, there is no evidence that these people took drugs. According to the author of the video, the individuals are drunk and were holding a bottle of alcohol. In another video, filmed in the suburbs of Rouen, it is a mother and her son, both disabled, as confirmed by local shopkeepers.
According to the prefect, Normandy, “no entry of xylazine/fentanyl was not recorded by the police services, and no report was identified by the regional pharmacovigilance network”. To date, there are no traces observed on national territory. According to the Drug Observatory, consumption remains confined to the United States.