Drug dealers have been mixing cheap synthetic opioids into their products for years, making the drugs more potent and dangerous and much cheaper to produce. Last year, nearly 300,000 overdoses were recorded across the nation - about a third of those were fatal. Now, dealers are using an animal tranquilizer in increasing frequency to bulk up their supplies. Dr. James Besante, an addiction medicine physician, explains the dangers of xylazine and its side effects.
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