The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy calls xylazine an 'emerging threat,' the first time the office has used the category for fast-growing drug dangers since it was created in 2019.
'We must act and act now,' says director of U.S.
Office of National Drug Control PolicyA harm reduction worker uses an infrared spectrometer to test drug samples in Vancouver in April 2022. Xylazine, a dangerous animal tranquillizer that is not approved for use in humans in Canada, is making its way into the street drug supply and the U.S. is calling for more action.
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