The opioid crisis now faces a deadlier outcome as the rise of xylazine detected in fentanyl increases across the country — including in Utah and Nevada.
<p>ST. GEORGE — The opioid crisis now faces a deadlier outcome with the rise of xylazine detected in fentanyl increases across the country — including in  Utah  and Nevada.
 While xylazine use has not been widely reported in Nevada, there were three overdose deaths in the state last year — up from a single death in 2022.
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