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Synthetic drugs surge across US as Chicago fights back
A wave of cheaper, more powerful synthetic drugs including tranq is sweeping America, even as overdose deaths fall from their 2022 peak.
In brief
A wave of cheaper, more powerful synthetic drugs including tranq is sweeping America, even as overdose deaths fall from their 2022 peak. Synthetic drugs including the animal tranquilliser tranq are flooding the United States, raising fears of a worsening drug crisis despite overdose deaths falling from around one…
Synthetic drugs sweep across America
A new wave of synthetic drugs is sweeping across the United States, raising fear of a worsening drug crisis. Authorities are increasingly concerned about cheaper, more powerful synthetic drugs, including an animal tranquilliser called tranq.
Overdose deaths fell but crisis may accelerate
Drug overdose deaths fell from a peak of around one hundred ten thousand in twenty twenty-two to roughly seventy thousand last year. However, America's decades-long drug crisis may be accelerating.
Chicago communities battle on the frontlines
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from the frontlines in South Side, Chicago, where communities are battling the synthetic drug crisis.
The takeaway
Synthetic drugs including the animal tranquilliser tranq are flooding the United States, raising fears of a worsening drug crisis despite overdose deaths falling from around one hundred ten thousand in twenty twenty-two to roughly seventy thousand last year.
