This new test being distributed in Delaware can detect fentanyl and “tranq” in drugs, health officials say

Delaware health officials are piloting a first-of-its-kind drug test to protect people from xylazine, or tranq, a dangerous animal tranquilizer that has contaminated the Philadelphia region’s drug supply.

When soaked, the strip will display a “control” line to show that the test was carried out properly. Below the control line, the strip has two sections: one for fentanyl, and one for xylazine. If the strip does not display a line in either of those sections, that’s a sign that the drug contains those adulterants.

Many people who use xylazine suffer from open skin lesions that heal slowly, putting them at risk for infections and even amputations. Rates of death involving xylazine remain low relative to overdose deaths nationwide, making up about 3% of all drug overdose deaths in 2021, according to Delaware health officials want to get ahead of the xylazine trend. Already, street drug testing has revealed that some 70 to 90% of the illicit powdered opioids sold in the state contain xylazine, according to Gibney.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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