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Perspectives of people in Philadelphia who use fentanyl/heroin adulterated with the animal tranquilizer xylazine; Making a case for xylazine test strips
BACKGROUND: Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer increasingly detected in those who have died of an opioid overdose in Philadelphia, PA and elsewhere. Despite an increasing presence of xylazine in the local fentanyl/heroin drug market and its association with ulcers, there are few perspectives about x...
Autores principales: | Reed, Megan K., Imperato, Nicholas S., Bowles, Jeanette M., Salcedo, Venise J., Guth, Amanda, Rising, Kristin L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9949306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36846574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100074 |
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