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Xylazine detected in unregulated opioids and drug administration equipment in Toronto, Canada: clinical and social implications

BACKGROUND: The North American opioid overdose crisis is driven in large part by the presence of unknown psychoactive adulterants in the dynamic, unregulated drug supply. We herein report the first detection of the psychoactive veterinary compound xylazine in Toronto, the largest urban center in Can...

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Autores principales: Bowles, Jeanette M., McDonald, Karen, Maghsoudi, Nazlee, Thompson, Hayley, Stefan, Cristiana, Beriault, Daniel R., Delaney, Sarah, Wong, Ernest, Werb, Dan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8511847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34645480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00546-9