Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer also known as 'tranq,' was detected in more than 1 in 10 fentanyl deaths across 20 states and D.C.
in January that according to medical toxicologists from Temple Health, xylazine could be found in 90% of that city's dope supply.by the CDC from syringe services programs around Maryland found more than 8 in 10 survey participants had unknowingly taken xylazine, when intending to buy other opioids like fentanyl.
A field researcher with the New York City Department of Health tests a heroin sample for xylazine on May 25, 2023. The tranquilizer has increasingly infiltrated the illegal drug market in the U.S., often being mixed with fentanyl.However, the agency cautions that even some states with incomplete data still reported hundreds of fatalities linked to xylazine.
For example, 735 death certificates in New York and 261 in Florida during this time listed positive xylazine results, though there were too many more deaths missing toxicology results for them to be formally included in this new analysis.
Some of that increase might be from increased efforts to test for xylazine, the agency's authors said, though inconsistent approaches to check for it in overdose deaths mean these figures are likely still an underestimate. Many routine toxicology tests still do not test for xylazine, a finding the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration described as"alarming"
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