Drug Trend Update. Below are clips from a Andrew Joseph article I read in STAT. ... A veterinary tranquilizer, xylazine, or “tranq,” exploded in recent years to the point that in 2021, it was found in more than 90% of heroin and fentanyl samples. With its ascendance has come a wave of wounds — sometimes called abscesses, lesions, or, in the words of one volunteer nurse here, something that looks like “it’s eating away your flesh from the inside out.” ... These are not the same type of wounds that sometimes occur from injecting drugs generally. For one, they are sprouting on skin far from where people inject; there are reports that even people who snort or smoke xylazine-contaminated opioids — what’s called tranq dope — are developing these wounds. While they’re not caused by an infection, the wounds can get infected if they’re not taken care of. ... xylazine is changing what recovering from overdose looks like. Someone who overdoses on tranq dope might start to breathe again after being given naloxone — which only works for opioids — but will still be passed out from the sedative. Responders unfamiliar with xylazine may reach for another dose of naloxone, but it still won’t wake the person up. ... researchers have found burgeoning prevalences up and down the East Coast, and it’s starting to crop up in Chicago, Texas, and elsewhere. #hopepusher #dreambuilder #supportgiver #drtj . . . #failingbeautifully #recoveringperfectionist #atrisk #atpromise #socialemotionallearning #adversechildhoodexperiences #teenmentalhealth #parentingsupport #mindfulness #intervention #restorativepractices #interventioncounselor #substanceusecounselor #schoolcounselors #counselor #mentalhealth #education #highereducation #blackcounselors #blackmentalhealth #counseloreducator #alternativeeducation #alted #hopehappenshere #ilovewhatido https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9pynNv1M6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
