Xylazine, also known as Tranq, is used by veterinarians to sedate large animals. And when mixed with already-powerful opioids... it's deadly, officials say.
Over a two-year period, the DEA's lab reports a more than 100% increase of xylazine in the illicit drug supply being snuck into deadly opioids like fentanyl.
"I just want to make sure that our city is set up to be monitoring for this and testing for it," said Supervisor Matt Dorsey.Dorsey wrote a letter to the medical examiner in support of its efforts to start testing overdose victims for xylazine this year. "The work they are doing given the crisis we're facing is life-saving and we have to fight for this," said Dorsey.
And because it's not an opioid, an overdose caused by xylazine cannot be reversed by Narcan - the nasal spray relied on so heavily in saving lives. "Narcan is deployed thousands of times a year citywide among the interventions that we count from first responders," he said.
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