The DEA says xylazine, which is an animal tranquilizer, is being used with the synthetic opioid fentanyl, and the results are deadly.
For the first time in U.S. history, the White House has declared a drug to be an emerging threat to the United States. The DEA says xylazine, which is an animal tranquilizer is being used with the synthetic opioid fentanyl, and the results are deadly.
The White House calls it an emerging threat to the country, the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine that’s being mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl. Drug experts say xylazine makes the high from fentanyl last longer, and it’s being detected in more and more overdose deaths. “According to the DEA, 23% of the powdered fentanyl supply contains xylazine--and about 7% of the pills. So even a person who might be a casual user doesn’t have any awareness. They might not even be aware that there’s fentanyl, they think they’re buying heroin, or they think they’re buying, you know, an adderall or something on Snapchat. And in fact, they’re getting a pill that has both fentanyl and now xylazine,” Pitman said.
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