Newly available test strips can detect lethal ‘tranq’ in drug supply
New testing kits will allow health departments, grassroots groups, and individuals to test illicit drugs for xylazine, also known as “tranq.”
Public health workers will soon have a new tool at their disposal to thwart a spreading danger to users of illicit drugs: xylazine test strips.
The new testing kits will allow health departments, grassroots harm-reduction groups, and individual drug users to test substances for the presence of xylazine, a sedative often referred to as “tranq.”
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