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Xylazine
Police & Fire
Animal Tranquilizer Mixed Into Worcester Street Drugs Makes Them Deadlier: Police
Police in Worcester said they've seen a spike of a potentially fatal to humans animal tranquilizer being added to street drugs sold in the community. Xylazine, a sedative, is showing up more often in tests of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl confiscated in Worcester County, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. The tranquilizer, sometimes called tranq, intensifies the effects of the drugs, but it's raising serious concerns among law enforcement agencies because of the potential for overdose. That's because Naloxone and Narcan, the drugs paramedics use to stop an opiate overdose in a patient…
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