xylazine

The presence of xylazine didn’t have the same criminal liability that substances like fentanyl had because it wasn’t considered a controlled substance. The new law closed, what some lawmakers called, a "loophole."

A recent study in Indianapolis suggested that the increase in overdoses may be linked to people seeking alternatives due to the loss of their stable supply, without knowing their tolerance to other opioids that have varying potency.

Overdose deaths from xylazine in the Midwest are skyrocketing. Inequalities in pay and tenure for men and women on IU’s faculty remain after IU eliminated its Office of Women’s Affairs. And a statehouse update.

Sheyenne struggled with heroin and meth for nine years, but in 2021, an unfamiliar drug called xylazine contributed to the overdose that took her life.