Xylazine cuts the half-life of fentanyl in half. Something like that. So, it demands a higher intake of the street drugs to obtain the same length of effect.
ByKerry Breen
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (click here) announced on Tuesday that it was taking action to restrict unlawful importing of the veterinary drug xylazine, which has been "increasingly found" in the nation's illicit drug supply.
The action, an import alert, allows for the detainment of shipments of xylazine and the ingredients used to make it. The alert "aims to prevent the drug from entering the U.S. market for illicit purposes," the agency said in a news release. An import alert allows the FDA to detain shipments of products that appear to be in violation of the FDA's laws and regulations.
The drug, an animal tranquilizer used by veterinarians to sedate large animals like horses, will still be made available for "legitimate uses."
When used in people, xylazine can cause "serious and life-threatening effects," including severe skin wounds and dead tissue, the FDA says. It can also depress breathing, blood pressure and heart rate to "critical levels."...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (click here) announced on Tuesday that it was taking action to restrict unlawful importing of the veterinary drug xylazine, which has been "increasingly found" in the nation's illicit drug supply.
The action, an import alert, allows for the detainment of shipments of xylazine and the ingredients used to make it. The alert "aims to prevent the drug from entering the U.S. market for illicit purposes," the agency said in a news release. An import alert allows the FDA to detain shipments of products that appear to be in violation of the FDA's laws and regulations.
The drug, an animal tranquilizer used by veterinarians to sedate large animals like horses, will still be made available for "legitimate uses."
When used in people, xylazine can cause "serious and life-threatening effects," including severe skin wounds and dead tissue, the FDA says. It can also depress breathing, blood pressure and heart rate to "critical levels."...
The FDA did the right thing in reporting on a growing trend in the drug trade in the USA. It really looks as though the drug cartels are going out of their way to find ways of making their imports deadly. Narcan doesn't work.
...Some people (click here) who use drugs say xylazine knocks them out for six to eight hours, raising concerns about the potential for serious injury during this "profound sedation," said Dr. Laura Kehoe, medical director at Massachusetts General Hospital's Substance Use Disorders Bridge Clinic.
ehoe argues that the surge of xylazine heightens the need for supervised consumption clinics, where people can use drugs under the watch of trained staff. Legislation that would have allowed a pilot program in Massachusetts died in committee at the State House this year....
This level of concern by physicians interested in protecting lives is introducing the idea all illegal drugs on the market should be converted to physician administered and supervised. If pharmaceutical companies were producing Scheduled Drugs there would not be this level of lethality in their use.
There is going to have to be an approach to scheduled drugs that are currently legal now. Companies hiring people that tend to use such drugs, including legalized marijuana, are going to have to write a policy that allows them to test for such indicators as THC. This requires blood tests and otherwise. Currently, police that pull a motorist over for erratic driving can run breathalyzer tests. When that proves negative they have a method of testing for THC in the field.
Legalized drugs do not mean legalized behavior on drugs. Just because an individual may have a physicians' order for a drug, that doesn't mean anti-social behavior is acceptable in all aspects of life. People still need to be held responsible for unacceptable behavior on the job. A four martini lunch that results in sexual harassment afterwards is no different than a mellow experience in THC vaping that results in naps or outrageous behaviors. All that has to receive intervention and a path to a good life without DEPENDENCY, legal or not.
