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01-15 PARENTS BEWARE: Fentanyl Cited by NYC Health Officials for 27% Jump in Drug Overdose Spike

01-15 PARENTS BEWARE: Fentanyl Cited by NYC Health Officials for 27% Jump in Drug Overdose Spike

January 15, 2023 lynnswarriors

“When you’re out here in the street and you want to just use your heroin, you don’t want to do all of that,” said Ms. Jones, 57, who first used the drug more than four decades ago and wonders how many more years she has left. “There’s so much fentanyl going around, and I don’t want to be the next one,” she said.

Fentanyl was detected in 80 percent of all overdose deaths in 2021, according to the health department report. About 40 percent involved fentanyl and cocaine.

A new danger also emerged: xylazine, an animal tranquilizer known as “tranq” and “zombie drug” that is sometimes added to fentanyl to devastating effect, including wounds that can require amputation.

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