Fentanyl mixed with animal tranquilizer xylazine deepens US overdose crisis

Synthetic drugs including fentanyl mixed with animal tranquilizers like xylazine sweep across the United States, deepening the opioid crisis. Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more powerful than heroin and increasingly cut with tranquilizers that block naloxone's reversal effects. Overdose deaths peaked at 110,000 in 2022 but dropped to around 70,000 last year, though experts warn the crisis persists.

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