A powerful drug used to sedate horses and cattle is creeping into Canada's illicit drug supply.
The animal tranquillizer xylazine is already causing concern in the United States, and results from a drug-testing site in Canada show it's becoming more common north of the border.
"There have been a number of case reports of people overdosing on xylazine and, in those cases, they often have to put the person on a ventilator to get them through that crisis," Caulkett said.Linked to increasing number of deaths In a statement, Health Canada cautions that there are limitations with its data, and it may not be representative of drug seizures or what substances are circulating in the illicit market.
A media report in Philadelphia said people using xylazine were in some cases needing to have fingers and toes amputated. Since the service was founded in May 2019, 85 samples have come back positive for xylazine in varying proportions, mostly from areas in B.C., but also from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
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