Authorities on Monday confirmed the first death in Santa Clara County attributed to a dangerous animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed with opioids like fentanyl and heroin.
A 36-year-old man who was found unresponsive in San Jose and died in late February tested positive for xylazine in postmortem testing, county officials said.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a health alert about the alarming uptick in trafficking of fentanyl mixed with the drug.revealed that xylazine had been discovered in the bloodstreams of four fatal fentanyl overdose victims in the city. "Community members need to be even more vigilant with how and what they are using, with xylazine now in Santa Clara County," Dr. Tiffany Ho, Medical Director of the County Behavioral Health Services Department added.
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