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Maryland lawmakers target tranquilizers behind overdose deaths

Summary by The Star Democrat

ANNAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to push Maryland’s Department of Health to restrict the distribution of two veterinary tranquilizers that play a growing role in the state’s overdose crisis.

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CBC News

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The Star Democrat

Maryland lawmakers target tranquilizers behind overdose deaths

Maryland lawmakers target tranquilizers associated with overdose deaths

By Paul Kiefer ANNAPOLIS – A bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to push Maryland’s Department of Health to restrict the distribution of two veterinary tranquilizers that play a growing role in the state’s overdose crisis. The agency has thus far resisted pressure to add the tranquilizers to the state’s list of scheduled drugs – unlike neighboring Delaware and Pennsylvania, where officials have recently scheduled the more common of the t…

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Maryland Matters

Maryland lawmakers target tranquilizers behind recent overdose deaths - Maryland Matters

Two tranquilizers, xylazine and medetomidine, increasingly appear alongside opioids like fentanyl in Maryland drug samples. (Photo by Ian Round/Capital News Service)By Paul Kiefer A bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to push Maryland’s Department of Health to restrict the distribution of two veterinary tranquilizers that play a growing role in the state’s overdose crisis. The agency has thus far resisted pressure to add the tranquilizer…

1 day ago·Takoma Park, United States

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