A Canadian company has unveiled test strips to identify Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer recently turning up in street drugs. As Meghan Cobb reports, advocates say it would help but know they aren’t the only solution to reduce the rise in drug poisonings.
- Vet medication known on the street as ‘tranq’ leads to more overdose deaths in Yukon
- Red Deer RCMP warn of horse tranquilizer Xylazine in drug supply
- As street drugs get deadlier, test kits may not detect dangerous new substances