NPR AUDIO – DRUGS CAN F##K YOU UP –                                                                                    

Oct. 31, 2024 – During her pregnancy, Megan Norris struggled with addiction to fentanyl. During a relapse, she exposed herself and her fetus to the toxic animal tranquilizer xylazine, which has flooded the street drug supply in the U.S. “Xylazine is so addictive, so physically addictive, you just can’t stop,” Norris said. “It was the beginning of my pregnancy,” Norris said. “Xylazine is so addictive, so physically addictive, you just can’t stop. It’s like the flu times a hundred. I was throwing up a lot. I was just in a rotating pit of hell. So I was using.”

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