‘Tranq dope’
A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, which will kill a human if ingested into the body, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. Law enforcement and public health officials are finding increasing amounts of the animal tranquilizer xylazine in both heroin and fentanyl, which makes it harder to treat overdoses with Narcan. In addition to this liquid form, fentanyl is manufactured into both pill and powder forms.
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Grant County Health District Investigations and Response Manager Laina Mitchell.
A dart loaded with carfentanil, a synthetic opiate more potent than fentanyl, and xylazine, a muscle relaxer, and tipped with petroleum jelly, is ready to tranquilize a moose on Jan. 30, 2013 in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota. Xylazine has been found in supplies of fentanyl which is often used by opioid addicts.
MOSES LAKE — An animal tranquilizer is increasingly being found in illegal opioids like fentanyl and heroin making it more difficult to treat people overdosing on opioids with Narcan, according to the Grant County Health District.
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