Daily News | Tranq-related overdose deaths are rising in Pennsylvania and other East Coast states, a new CDC study found
Pennsylvania and surrounding states have seen the nation’s highest rate of overdose deaths involving the animal tranquilizer xylazine, known on the street as “tranq,” a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found.
The rapid rise of xylazine-related deaths — from 102 Americans in 2018 to 3,468 in 2021 — means health officials should be paying attention to the drug’s increasing prevalence, said Merianne Spencer, a statistician for the National Center for Health Statistics and the lead author of the study. Nearly all xylazine-related overdose deaths between 2018 and 2021 also involved fentanyl, the CDC study found.Health officials in Philadelphia believe xylazine, which is not approved for human use, was initially added to fentanyl to produce a longer-lasting high. Fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioidin the mid-2010s, is more powerful than heroin, but its effects wear off more quickly.
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