Philadelphia and South Jersey Lead Nation in Xylazine Use

The SandPaper reported in the July 5 issue on the first half of a recent webinar titled “The Rise of Poly-Substance Overdose Deaths,” conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey in cooperation with the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the N.J. Department of Human Services. The second half of the webinar focused on the rise of xylazine, commonly called tranq.

In the first part of the session, Andrew L. Falzon, MD, chief state medical examiner for New Jersey, had talked about…