Xylazine detected in unregulated opioids and drug administration equipment in Toronto, Canada: clinical and social implications
Abstract Background The North American opioid overdose crisis is driven in large part by the presence of unknown psychoactive adulterants in the dynamic, unregulated drug supply. We herein report the first detection of the psychoactive veterinary compound xylazine in Toronto, the largest urban cente...
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Main Authors: | Jeanette M. Bowles (Author), Karen McDonald (Author), Nazlee Maghsoudi (Author), Hayley Thompson (Author), Cristiana Stefan (Author), Daniel R. Beriault (Author), Sarah Delaney (Author), Ernest Wong (Author), Dan Werb (Author) |
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2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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