Flesh-Eating Zombie Drug “Tranq” Is In Florida

Remember back when all we feared was a worldwide pandemic? Or remember that drug that made you eat the faces of your friends? Good times...
Now things have stepped up a notch. Now there's a drug that eats your flesh and turns you into a zombie. Attorney General Ashley Moody held a news conference to warn Floridians about the rise of a killer drug that was found in the bodies of hundreds of Floridians who died from taking it last year. It's called Xylazine, but on the street it's known as “tranq”. The drug is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance, which means it's illegal to possess or sell it. It's also resistant to opioid reversal treatments, such as NARCAN, which means when you're dead, you're sooo dead. That means it's even deadlier than fentanyl, if you can even imagine that.
The DEA recently warned the public about the increased use of fentanyl and xylazine, sayng a huge spike in deaths in Florida have been blamed directly on the two drugs. The DEA spokesperson said there has never been a more dangerous time to try illegal or illicit drugs, saying the chances of death are extraordinarily high. Mixtures of fentanyl and xylazine have now been found in 48 states, so the chance of taking something that will end your life is higher than ever before. In fact, about 23% of fentanyl confiscated in 2022 had xylazine mixed with it. Xylazine is the real deal, causing necrotic wounds, which means the flesh dies and rots away. That means the limb or infected area would need to be amputated. According to authorities, at least 236 Floridians died with xylazine in their systems last year. The term "tranq" refers to the users tendency to lean over, as if touching their toes, and then staying in that position until the high passes. Users can stay in one position for hours at a time. Source: WFLA.com

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ZZ Top's Best Ever

ZZ Top is an American institution and a very rare one. Up until the passing of bassist Dusty Hill in 2021, the band has had no lineup changes since Billy F. Gibbons, Hill and Frank Beard got together in 1969.

Considering this, many wondered whether ZZ Top would continue. The band quickly put any of that buzz to rest the day after Hill's death. In a statement from Gibbons, he said, "As Dusty said upon his departure, 'Let the show go on!' And ... with respect, we'll do well to get beyond this and honor his wishes...Dusty emphatically grabbed my arm and said, 'Give Elwood the bottom end and take it to the Top.' He meant it, amigo. He really did." (The Elwood mentioned in the statement is Elwood Francis, ZZ Top's veteran guitar tech.)

They released their debut, ZZ Top's First Album, in 1971. Their most recent (and likely final) studio album, La Futura, produced by Rick Rubin, was released in 2012. It was their strongest effort -- by far -- since 1983's Eliminator.

Of course, Eliminator helped introduce ZZ Top to a slew of new fans thanks to the album's three massive hits: "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs." Each of these songs had music videos that were in heavy rotation on MTV, which launched about 18 months prior to the release of Eliminator. 

As expected, a number of songs from Eliminator are featured. However, plenty of songs from La Futura pop up often in our list of the band's best songs, too. A true rarity, ZZ Top is a band with something to say when they were well over four decades into their career. And if it turns out to be their last, that's even more rare: a legendary band who went out with a classic album.