Animal sedative xylazine in fentanyl causing gruesome wounds scrambling efforts to stop overdoses

Animal sedative xylazine in fentanyl causing gruesome wounds scrambling efforts to stop overdoses

WASHINGTON — A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis, scrambling longstanding methods for reversing overdoses and treating addiction. Xylazine can cause severe skin wounds, but whether it is leading to more deaths — as suggested by officials in Washington…Read More

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