According to the 2008 article ‘GC-MS Confirmation of Xylazine, A Veterinary Sedative, In Exchange Needles’, what co-presenting drug combination was found most frequently in exchanged syringes tested for xylazine in Puerto Rico?
“Speedball” or a heroin/cocaine mixture was found in 90.6% of syringes tested in the study
Rodríguez N, Vargas Vidot J, Panelli J, Colón H, Ritchie B, Yamamura Y. GC–MS confirmation of xylazine (Rompun), a veterinary sedative, in exchanged needles. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2008;96(3):290-293. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.03.005
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