Formella joins bipartisan coalition of attorneys general to urge Congress to pass Xylazine Act » Nashua Ink Link Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he, along with a bipartisan coalition of more than 40 state attorneys general, is urging congressional leaders to pass S. 545 / H.R. 1266, the Combatin...

NH has joined with a bipartisan coalition of more than 40 state attorneys general urging congress to pass S. 545 / H.R. 1266, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, aimed at addressing the growing threat of xylazine in the nation’s illicit drug supply.
#inklinknews #CDC #nhnews #nhpolitics #xylazine

Why Is ‘Tranq’ So Big in Florida? Watch This New VICE Documentary In the latest episode of High Society, VICE breaks down the Tranq crisis hitting the streets of Miami.

Why Is ‘Tranq’ So Big in Florida? Watch This New VICE Documentary

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#News #USNews #Florida #FloridaNews #Crime #Drugs #Tranq #Miami #Xylazine #Health #PublicHealth #Streets #Documentary

learned something new today #xylazine

New class of deadly (street) drugs raises fears

#Xylazine 531 Deaths in Cook Country Since 2019
(Animal Tranquilizer)

#Nitazene 141 Deaths in Cook County Since 2019
(Synthetic Opioid 20 Times More Powerful than #Fentanyl)

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Clinical factors linked to xylazine exposure in emergency department patients with illicit opioid overdose Background and aims Xylazine, an alpha-2 agonist used in veterinary anesthesia, is increasingly detected in the illicit opioid supply but little is known about the patient level factors associated w...

Our new paper out in Addiction from the multicenter Fentalog Study examines who is more likely to have xylazine detected in non-fatal opioid overdose presenting to the ED. This is patient-level toxicosurveillance. #Xylazine #medsky

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Harm reduction matters.

#Fentanyl and #xylazine test strips are reaching communities across New York, helping prevent overdoses every day.

Individuals and organizations can order for free at www.mattersnetwork.org/supplies

"Psychosocial Impact of Suspected #Xylazine Associated Skin Wounds Among People Using #Fentanyl, Philadelphia, 2022 to 2023" - "People with probable #xylazine-associated skin wounds have psychosocial concerns about and self-treat these wounds."

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Unregulated tranquilizers like #xylazine and medetomidine are showing up more often in the drug supply, creating new risks for people who use drugs.

This guide breaks down what you need to know to stay safe and informed.

Louise Vincent, 49, Drug User Who Led Harm Reduction Movement, Dies

In memoriam Louise Vincent, 49

(Link to archive copy in next post)

#nc #medsky #fentanyl #opioids #xylazine #naloxone #methadone

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Florida files for veterinary exemption for controlled substance horse tranquilizer Following efforts to crack down on xylazine, two members of Florida’s Cabinet are looking to reclassify the drug commonly used by veterinarians so it is more accessible to those caring for animals. Attorney General James Uthmeier and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson say they’ve filed to reclassify xylazine, a controlled substance illegal to possess or sell […]

🚨 A new episode of Let’s Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West #LTAD is out now!

Dr. Fernando Montero breaks down how street drug markets have changed since the '90s, with a focus on fentanyl and xylazine.

🎧👂 Listen now!
#Fentanyl #Xylazine #PublicHealth #Podcast

🚨Publication Alert🚨 bit.ly/46U3nl6
#Xylazine found in 1 in 5 nonfatal #opioid #overdoses across 10 U.S. EDs, mostly alongside #fentanyl. Exposure highest in NE vs. rare in the West. Regional trends underscore need for targeted public health responses. #MedToxTuesday
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🚨Publication Alert🚨 bit.ly/46U3nl6
#Xylazine found in 1 in 5 nonfatal #opioid #overdoses across 10 U.S. EDs, mostly alongside #fentanyl. Exposure highest in NE vs. rare in the West. Regional trends underscore need for targeted public health responses. #MedToxTuesday
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I struggled to find an age appropriate answer. So I chose to say, “I didn’t cry enough when I was a little boy and now all those tears and in there. It’s cool though, they’re coming out, little by little.” #trauma ptsd. #xylazine #tranq

good morning friends and colleagues where the sky is blue! Excited to share with you our latest preprint examining #xylazine and #fentanyl! here's a short 🧵of what we did and found. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

An Interview With A Public Health Researcher Whose Funding Was Terminated By The Trump Administration In a third-grade classroom exercise, Patrick Kelly wrote that he wanted to become a scientist when he grew up. With that interest came an attention to the people that science can help. "I've just always been super-curious about human nature, our interactions with one another," he said. In college, Kelly pivoted to public health, which is no doubt a science deeply interested in the interactions people have with one another. After working in a series of labs in Philadelphia, Kelly joined the Brown University School of Public Health as a doctoral student, where he researches how social and structural influences, like laws, affect people's medical decision-making, with a focus on people who use drugs, LGBTQ communities, and the intersection between the two. "So all things from stigma to sociopolitical climate," he explained. "How people navigate the healthcare environment and how we're able to provide healthcare resources to people."

One of the coolest shirts ever. #kenzo #kensington #PhillyStrong #tranq #xylazine

#MedToxTuesday Our latest #Fentalog study report reveals that although numerous NPS detected, including #xylazine #bromazolam, and #nitazene analogues, #Fentanyl remains most prevalent nationally. Report>> bit.ly/4jjJ8jm
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#MedToxTuesday The latest @toxicacmt.bsky.social T #Fentalog study report reveals that although numerous NPS detected, including #xylazine #bromazolam, and #nitazene analogues, #Fentanyl remains most prevalent nationally. View report>> bit.ly/4jjJ8jm

Scaling up low barrier wound care for people who use drugs: a mixed methods study - Harm Reduction Journal Background People who use drugs (PWUD) have long required wound care—a need that has become more urgent with the rise of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer in the street opioid supply associated with ne...

Our mixed methods study on strategies to scale up low barrier wound care for people who use drugs is now published in Harm Reduction Journal. Grateful to our community partners and participants for their insight. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #harmreduction #woundcare #xylazine

I need a compression sock company to make me a special translucent sock. Affer my surgery in 17 days I have a big announcement and I will never cover my scars. #tranq #xylazine

Saving a life saves four limbs. #xylazine #naloxone

Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says NEW YORK (AP) — The animal sedative medetomidine is increasingly showing up in the U.S. illegal drug supply, according to three reports released Thursday.

"In Chicago, health officials last May were puzzled by a surge in overdoses. The patients had taken #fentanyl, but the overdose-reversing drug #naloxone didn't seem to work." #medetomidine #xylazine www.stalbertgazette.com/health/anima...

🎥 WATCH: HRRC's Dr. Raagini Jawa sat down with CBS News Pittsburgh to discuss new #xylazine wound management protocols she and co-collaborators created for UPMC health system. These protocols the first of their kind in this area and in many parts of the US. #harmreduction #woundcare

UPMC creates treatment blueprint for patients with wounds and withdrawal symptoms from Xylazine-laced drugs UPMC has created a blueprint for treating patients experiencing gruesome side effects from drugs laced with xylazine.

We ❤️ seeing our work from our colleague @raaginizzle.bsky.social gain attention! She's among the 1st to create a blueprint for treating patients with #xylazine side effects.

Learn more: www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

HRRC's Dr. Raagini Jawa spoke to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette to discuss a new adulterant in the PA drug supply, #medetomidine. Read the full article here: www.post-gazette.com/news/health/... #harmreduction #xylazine #pittsburgh

As #xylazine spreads in the illicit drug supply, Maggie Shang, Ilana Hull, @liebschutz.bsky.social, Payel Roy, Brent Thiel, @feterik.bsky.social, @raaginizzle.bsky.social & more developed trauma-informed, team-based protocols to manage its complex effects.

Learn more: www.upmc.com/media/news/0...

The fellas before their haircuts

Our vet Dr. C and his team getting the wool off of White Knight

I think WK was snoring in this pic

Santiago getting his hair cut, we didn't sedate him bc he's 16 years old and much easier to handle

Today was shearing day at The Nanopharm and White Knight and Santiago got their summer cuts. Fun things: we sedated WK to make it less stressful and quicker. He got ~0.75 mg/kg #xylazine where as the anesthetic/sedative dose in mice is usually 10 mg/kg.

What is he gonna DO about #xylazine #tranq?

We #pharma #neuro medical #publichealth experts want to know??

He fired us all, so we can't SAVE anyone from themselves.. still concerned because we made it our life's work to educate and treat substance use disorder

Toxic Animal Tranquilizer Xylazine Is Quietly Spreading Through Border Drug Supplies A dangerous veterinary sedative called xylazine has been found in the drug supply at the U.S.-Mexico border, raising alarms among public health experts. Researchers, working with a clinic in Tijuana,...

Toxic Animal Tranquilizer Xylazine Is Quietly Spreading Through Border Drug Supplies #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #Xylazine #DrugEpidemic #PublicHealth