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Xylazine: A Toxic Adulterant Found in Illicit Street Drugs

October 20, 2020

Xylazine was discovered as an antihypertensive agent in 1962 by Farbenfabriken Bayer in Germany. Due to its hazardous side effects, including sedation, hypotension and bradycardia, it was not approved by…
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New Synthetic Cannabinoid: 4F-MDMB-BINACA

January 31, 2019

The objective of this public announcement is to notify public health and public safety, law enforcement, clinicians, medical examiners and coroner, laboratory personnel, and all other related communities about new…
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Santa Muerte Mass Overdose Outbreak

January 24, 2019

The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education at the Fredric Rieders Family Foundation received notification over the weekend from July 20 to 22, 2018, that hospitals in the Greater…
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