Cook County Medical Examiner records show Chicago is one of the hot spots across the country.
– The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning nationwide for the drug known as xylazine.
"On July 26 of 2016, my son snorted a line of cocaine which his best friend had spiked with fentanyl, which killed him," said Kathy Zander."And John was buried on what should have been his 23rd birthday." "We don't have any known antidote to xylazine," Sue said."Xylazine is not an opioid, so it does not necessarily respond to naloxone, which is, as you know, our miracle medication that saves people from a near-fatal death if we get them in time, and are able to give them the medication to reverse an opioid overdose."
"But if they're not responding after that, really you need to turn to providing them rescue breathing and supporting them with oxygen," she said.
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