Illicit use of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine continues to spread in the United States. It often fails to respond to the overdose reversal agent naloxone and can cause severe necrotic lesions.
A report released by Millennium Health, a specialty lab that provides medication monitoring for pain management , drug treatment, and behavioral and substance use disorder treatment centers across the country, showed the number of urine specimens collected and tested at the US drug treatment centers were positive for xylazine in the most recent 6 months.
The Millennium Health Signals report showed that the greatest increase in xylazine use was largely in the western United States. In the first 6 months of 2023, 3% of urine drug tests in Washington, Oregon, and California were positive for xylazine. From November 2023 to April 2024, this rose to 8%, a 147% increase. In the Mountain West, xylazine-positive UDTs increased from 2% in 2023 to 4% in 2024, an increase of 94%.
Xylazine use was highest in the East and in the mid-Atlantic United States. Still, positivity rates in the mid-Atlantic dropped from 44% to 33%. The states included in that group were New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. East North Central states also experienced a decline in positive tests from 32% to 30%.
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