Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kathryn Blaze Baum, Andrea Woo, Kristy Kirkup, Alanna Smith
Publication Date: March 20, 2025 - 06:00
How ‘tranq’ became a deadly, and increasingly common, addition to Canada’s illicit drug supply
March 20, 2025
The latest national figures show overdose deaths across Canada are declining, but one phenomenon threatens progress in the fight against the toxic drug crisis: the rapid rise of xylazine.Although the latest Health Canada figures show a 12-per-cent decrease in overall overdose deaths from January to September of 2024 as compared with the same period the year prior, there has been a simultaneous uptick of xylazine – a nonopioid veterinary tranquillizer – detected in the illicit supply.
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