A report by the CDC indicates an increased occurrence of xylazine, a nonopioid sedative that is not approved for any human use, in illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF).
Data were sourced from the CDC’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72[26]:721-727). Jurisdictions in 20 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed. According to investigators, between January 2019 and June 2022, the monthly percentage of IMF-related deaths involving