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    The number of overdose deaths attributable to illegally manufactured fentanyl laced with xylazine has skyrocketed in recent years, according to data in CDC’s MMWR.Xylazine — a powerful animal tranquilizer also known as “tranq” — is not approved for human use and has no known antidote, Mbabazi Kariisa, PhD, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education fellow at the

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    In 2020, Black individuals had the largest increase in overdose mortality rates for the first time compared with any other ethnic or racial group since 1999, according to a research letter published in in JAMA Psychiatry. American Indian or Alaska Natives experienced the highest rate of overdose deaths in 2020 among all racial groups, Joseph R. Friedman, MPH, and Helena Hansen, MD, PhD, of the

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. Para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene are being seen more often by medical examiners looking into overdose deaths, according to a government report published Thursday.

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