Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found U.S. deaths involving xylazine, known on the street as Tranq, had already risen 35-fold by 2021.
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Xylazine present in more than 1 in 10 fentanyl overdose deaths in the US
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Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported
Overdose deaths involving illegally-manufactured fentanyl laced with xylazine have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Biden administration recently declared fentanyl laced with xylazine – an animal sedative commonly known as “tranq” – to be an emerging threat facing the United States, and a new analysis of toxicology reports illustrates its sharp rise.
The powerful animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is being detected more often in the illegal drug supply, but it's fentanyl that's killing opioid users, experts warn.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found U.S. deaths involving xylazine, known on the street as Tranq, had already risen 35-fold by 2021.
The spike shows how the the veterinary sedative known as "tranq" or "zombie drug" that's often mixed with fentanyl is complicating the addiction crisis.
