NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – Sheriff Gabe Morgan is sounding an alarm from the Newport News jail after four inmates fell ill from suspected drug overdoses Thursday night.
“We believe that medical emergency was a result of a substance that they ingested. We believe the substance to be Xylazine and Fentanyl,” said Morgan.
Meant for cows and horses as a sedative, Xylazine is known on the streets as Trank. Morgan is investigating the incident and says this veterinary drug and/or Fentanyl are mixed with nearly all illegal drugs…