'Similar to opioids': Dangerous drug Xylazine still rare in C.O. but increasing in Northwest

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'Similar to opioids': Dangerous drug Xylazine still rare in C.O. but increasing in Northwest

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team has been following a drug called Xylazine that has been used as an adulterant in fentanyl. The drug has been suspected in a recent overdose. Smithsonian Magazine reports the animal sedative is showing up in street drugs nationwide and is dangerous, even deadly, becoming increasingly