Monthly percentage of illicitly manufactured fentanyl-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased from 2.9 to 10.9 percent
Increase seen in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving methamphetamine, cocaine; decrease reported in death rates involving oxycodone
More than 3,000 people who died of an overdose in the United States had xylazine in their system in 2021
Among the towns where this may be happening are beach resort locations, such as Playa del Carmen and Tulum
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
Eight in 10 teen unintentional overdose deaths involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids
Eutylone-involved deaths frequently co-involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls, and cocaine or methamphetamine
Counterfeit pills contain the synthetic opioid fentanyl and are fueling increases in overdoses and hospitalizations
From 2018 to 2021, increases seen in number of fentanyl-containing powder seizures, number of pill seizures
In response to the incident, Hartford officials pledged to ensure that all city schools are stocked with naloxone