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The Rising Threat: Medetomidine in U.S. Street Drugs

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In a devastating escalation of the ongoing opioid crisis, public health officials report that Mexican cartels and U.S.-based drug gangs are now mixing medetomidine, a potent chemical sedative, into fentanyl and other street drugs. This alarming trend has triggered a wave of mass overdoses, beginning in late April and rapidly intensifying through May. Medetomidine Rapidly […]