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Encore: An animal tranquilizer is making street drugs even more dangerous
View Date:2025-01-11 01:14:31
The veterinary sedative xylazine is being mixed into illegal drugs and could be contributing to a rise in overdoses. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 30, 2022.)
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