"Rising Concern: Deadly Mix of Xylazine and Fentanyl Linked to Florida and Nashville Deaths"

Over 260 people in Florida died from accidental overdoses involving xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer used to sedate horses, often mixed with fentanyl and cocaine. Xylazine complicates opioid overdoses, making it harder to save people as it doesn't respond to the overdose reversal drug naloxone. Lawmakers have taken action to classify xylazine as a scheduled substance, and the White House designated the combination of fentanyl and xylazine as an emerging drug threat. The spread of xylazine into the illicit drug supply remains a mystery, and health officials are also grappling with the link between chronic xylazine use and mysterious open wounds.