Xylazine, also known as"tranq" or the"zombie drug," is a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer that is making its way into the country's illicit drug supply, often being combined with opioids like heroin and fentanyl to extend the euphoric effects of those drugs, according to officials with the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency.
The county Medical Examiner-Coroner's postmortem toxicology results showed the woman, who died in Santa Cruz, tested positive for xylazine and fentanyl, according to health officials. "This tragic event is an important alert to the community that xylazine is confirmed to be present in drugs in Santa Cruz County," Dr. David Ghilarducci, the county's EMS medical director, said in a news release Wednesday.
"Fentanyl, alone, is extraordinarily dangerous and is devastating communities across the country. The addition of xylazine compounds the risk of street drugs," Ghilarducci said.
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