Health authorities warn of potent sedative in drug supply
Substance users are advised not to take drugs alone as medetomidine is increasingly found in the Fraser Health region. Medetomidine is approximately 200 times more potent than the veterinary sedative xylazine, often called “tranq,” according to a release from Fraser Health. When found in the unregulated drug supply medetomidine is “almost always combined with opioids,” […]
