New street drug is surfacing, threatening to make California's overdose crisis worse

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New street drug is surfacing, threatening to make California's overdose crisis worse
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The rapid spread across the country of xylazine, also known as 'tranq,' has local health officials worried it will exacerbate an already alarming overdose crisis.

A new drug — a sedative normally used for animals — is increasingly making its way into the illicit drug trade in California, and local officials are concerned its arrival could worsen an already alarming overdose crisis.

In San Francisco, four people who died between December and January were found to have low levels of xylazine in their systems, prompting the city’s Department of Public Health to Although no other cases have been detected locally, Tsai said the lack of awareness and testing for xylazine could mean its real impact has been underreported.

Still, Tsai points out that tranq is increasingly showing up across the country, usually mixed with opioids to increase their effects.

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