Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl–Involved Overdose Deaths with Detected Xylazine, Jan 2019 - Jun 2022

Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl–Involved Overdose Deaths with Detected Xylazine — United States, January 2019–June 2022, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

key takeaway: "Among 21 jurisdictions, the monthly percentage of IMF-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased 276% from January 2019 (2.9%) to June 2022 (10.9%). During January 2021–June 2022 in 32 jurisdictions, xylazine was detected in a higher percentage of IMF-involved deaths in the Northeast U.S. Census Bureau region; listing xylazine as cause of death varied across jurisdictions."