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July 31, 2023 – “We’ve seen an increase in street-level distribution of cocaine-xylazine mixture[s],” Frank Tarentino, the special agent in charge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, told The Post.

“It’s widespread. And it’s getting worse.”

The agency has found that about 15% of all drugs tested in its Northeast regional laboratory include xylazine, Tarentino said.

And more than 85% of the drugs with xylazine also contain fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid, Tarentino added. That means the cocaine, heroin, meth or fake painkillers that people buy on the street could easily be laced with a malevolent mixture that can kill with just a few grains.

The situation could increasingly blindside users who aren’t expecting the flesh-rotting, psychosis-inducing tranq in their party drugs.

“Young people can innocently take a pill, not knowing it has fentanyl in it or that it has fentanyl and xylazine,” Tarentino said.

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