so they needed xylazine feel better.— xylazine feel better. understood. tranquilizer when mixed with heroin and fentanyl? 50. tranquilizer when mixed with heroin and fentanyl?— and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative dru: so and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative drug so it _ and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative drug so it can — and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative drug so it can slow _ and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative drug so it can slow the - and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative drug so it can slow the heart - and fentanyl? so, it's a sedative | drug so it can slow the heart rate and reduce — drug so it can slow the heart rate and reduce the breathing rate and if you are _ and reduce the breathing rate and if you are layering that with other opioids— you are layering that with other opioids you're taking at the same time _ opioids you're taking at the same time it's— opioids you're taking at the same time it's increasing the risk of overdose _ time it's increasing the risk of overdose. is time it's increasing the risk of overdose-— time it's increasing the risk of overdos

an animal tranquilizer called xylazine is showing up in street drugs. >> xylazine and fentanyl co combinedeen described as the deadliest drug in united states. >> reporter: she owns the zone, a recovery area in marietta. >> our 10 to 19-year-olds had an 800% increase this past year in fentanyl overdose in the state of georgia. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration or the dea, has seized fentanyl mixed with xylazine in all but two states, with the south having the greatest increase of deaths with xylazine. the georgia it spiked 1120% in two years. >> a kilo in puerto rico is $300. >> reporter: dan salter worked for the dea for over 30 years. he's a liaison between the federal government and local communities like marietta. >> this is at everybody's doorstep. this is not just an issue in philadelphia and south atlanta. this is in every community in this country. >> reporter: what can you tell people about the effects of xylazine. >> xylazine is used for large animals. not for human consumption. most of the time when you cut fentanyl with xylazine, you'll have an overdose death. >>

most of the time, when you cut fentanyl with xylazine, you'll have an overdose death. >> xylazine andined have been described as the deadliest drug in the united states. >> reporter: missy owen and her husband run the zone, a recovery support ni the couple has seen countless lives cut short due to drugs. including their son, davis, who died at 20 from a heroin overdose in 2014. do you ever wonder what your son would say about the work that you and your husband are doing? >> he would say, mom and dad, y'all keep on going. these people need you. and i don't want him ever to see us not working hard to make a difference for people that could have made a difference for him. >> reporter: as for chandler, who struggled with addiction for years, he says his life is now on a different path. how are you doing today? >> i have a peace today that i've never known and never experienced in my entire life, you know. >> reporter: hope for the future in the face of a growing crisis. >>> still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," high-seas rescue. the coast guard helps out a surfer in distress. on the shel

-- xylazine? and governor -- 's scheduling it as a -- >> it is a tranquilizer not approved for human use. pennsylvania joined three other states, ohio, florida in classifying this sedative as a controlled substance and friedman is following it for us. then, you just explain how bad this is in pennsylvania. you heard me stumbling through that. most of us don't even know about the strike yet. >> absolutely, and just to set the stage, it's a drug that's mostly used as a sedative or muscle relax her but for cows and horses. that is how strong and powerful we're talking about. and it has found its way into a lot of other listed drug, such as fentanyl, heroin, we'll get in to it in a moment but people taking drugs are expecting it to be that no and this is laced in there and it gets very complicated. but you asked the question, philadelphia, pennsylvania, why? now this problem with xylazine, with tranq, has been snowballing. folks have been detecting it here and there. i would, say over the past six mon

these are likely to rise with xylazine. this bill directs the national institute of standards and technology to make it faster and easier to detect drugs contains xylazine and other synthetic opioids. it also asks them to develop measures to keep law enforcement officers safe from these drugs. it will help us detect, identify and better understand opioids a and help save lives. at a time of deep division in our country i'm encouraged by the bipartisan support to address this next wave of the drug crisis. i want to thank the chairman for recognizing this bill and for representative loves green and thomas for their help bringing it to the floor. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lofgren: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: i have no further speakers and reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. lofgren: it is my honor to

can you talk a little bit about xylazine, and how how you're adapting your research? >> you know, and it's a very important problem that has grown actually very, very fast, i would say in the past three or four years. so the first thing that we need to understand is why more and more of the drugs, particularly fentanyl and heroin were sold mixed with xylazine. and what it appears to be happening is that it basically expands the duration of the effects of fentanyl or heroin. so it allows the dealers to actually basically create a product that has a characteristic that may be more reinforcing and therefore of greater value. it's become very challenging, because whereas naloxone serves to reverse an overdose from fentanyl, the responses when you combine these two drugs are not the same. so current research is ongoing to try to determine both in animals and in human and animal models and in humans what should be the optimal target to try to prevent the deaths associated with a combination of fentanyl and xylazine? they act by very different mechanisms. fentanyl inhibits r

we need to schedule some of these drugs like xylazine. we need to have more tools for interdiction. we will not get after this unless we have a whole of world effort to tackle it. and so we are trying to build that. i will say the other piece of this, which is really very domestic is, how important it is that we're communicating with our communities, with our kids, the dangers of this drug. and our department of drug policy is putting out a constant stream of videos and specifically targeted on the platforms that our young people use. so having social influencers on the platforms that are most seen, not by people like us, to get at them on the point that you really need to be careful about what pill you take and you ought to have in a location own -- naloxone with you. because we have provided access to the drug that may save your life over the counter. there's a debate about whether that's a good thing. we need to do everything we can to help save their lives. richard: the last question for me, i want to save time for our members, what is your sense about political orientation, bot

this includes the spread of xylazine, which is narcan resistant. which means that it is even more deadly and it's a growing problem in new hampshire, in new england, and across this country. administrator milligram, i want to hear from you. as the dea has requested increase of 98 million -- and to combat the mexican cartels and their buyers. i was pleased here last week's announcement on the announcement of operation last mile. it targeted the sinaloa cartel's responsible for fentanyl and opioid trafficking. but these criminal organizations are sophisticated, they weaponize the tools of social media, chemistry, violence, and intimidation. bribery, trade, and money laundering. all to trick people into taking deadly drugs. what do both the dea and fbi need to take on these transnational criminal organizations? not just sufficient funding, but are there other tools given to you, for example section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, which is set to expire at the end of this year. and how important is that. director wray and administrato

institute of standards and technology science and research activities regarding illicit drugs containing xylazine, novel synthetic opioids and other substances of concern and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 425, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask for unanimous consent to speak out of order. the spe