by Rachael Rettner It’s often found mixed with opioids, including heroin or fentanyl. A horse tranquilizer drug often found mixed with opioids is increasingly involved in overdose deaths in some U.S. states. The drug, called xylazine, is a sedative used in veterinary medicine, and it is not approved for use in humans. Recently, the tranquilizer began poppingContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: Horse tranquilizer crops up in overdose deaths around US.”
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Opioid Crisis Friday: US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 lockdowns
by Yasemin Saplakoglu More than 87,200 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses, primarily related to opioids, between September 2019 and September 2020. U.S. overdose deaths surged during the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 87,200 people in theContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 lockdowns”
Opioid Crisis Friday: Fentanyl overdose death rates ‘more than tripled’ in recent years, CDC report shows.
The rate of fatal overdoses involving the opioid fentanyl has increased in the U.S. in recent years. (Image credit: Paul Burns via Getty Images)
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