FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging state health officials to ban bromazolam, an unregulated benzodiazepine known as "designer Xanax" that has been linked to dozens of deaths in the state.

"It's hit other parts of the country first, and in this drug environment, it's kind of like playing whack-a-mole. What we see that's killing Kentuckians today is very different than what we'll see a month from now," Coleman said.

The dangerous substance can be passed off as prescription Xanax and is sold both online and on the street. Officials warn it can be highly potent and deadly, especially when combined with other drugs like opioids.

"You don't know exactly what you're getting. And you don't know the strength of what you're getting," said Captain Lewis C

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