Heightened Threat: Fentanyl Mixed with Emerging Synthetic Drugs
The United States continues to face an unprecedented and evolving drug threat driven by illicit fentanyl which is increasingly mixed with a dangerous array of synthetic substances emerging in the illicit market. These combinations are making an already deadly drug supply even more unpredictable and lethal. Law enforcement and public health officials are seeing fentanyl combined with highly potent substances such as xylazine, nitazenes, cychlorphine, and medetomidine. Many of these substances are not approved for human use and are often…
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