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What is xylazine, the veterinary sedative being found in the U.S. drug supply?

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[ad_1] Animal tranquillizer xylazine sweeping Kensington streets Animal tranquillizer xylazine sweeping Kensington streets 06:05 It extends the feeling of an opiate high. It's hard to detect and can't be reversed by medications like Narcan. It's immediately recognizable by the gruesome, scaly wounds that emerge on users' skin, and can even cause injuries to their lungs. And in some parts of the United States, experts say it's in as much as 90% of the drug supply.  It's a veterinary sedative called xylazine , and experts and officials are racing to figure out where it's coming from and how to help people who are taking it, even as it's increasingl