Tranq or xylzine is a non-opioid drug that can slow down the nervous system. It can make breathing and heart rate slower.
When tranq is mixed with another drug like heroin, fentanyl or a benzo, it can increase the risk of overdose. In case of overdose, know what to do HERE.
I still feel the pain of losing my brother to a fatal opioid overdose in 2018. Jerry was only 50. It was at that moment that I committed to being an advocate for overdose death prevention in my home county of Marin. Earlier this month, the Marin Independent Journal highlighted the story of Aidan Mullin,…
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MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — A new campaign is targeting the dangers of fentanyl in Marin County. This as President Joe Biden met with Mexico’s president on the last day of APEC to talk about the Fentanyl crisis facing the two countries. In the North Bay, a new eye-catching ad campaign is targeting the dangers…
by Dan Pine / excerpted from JWeekly The parents of Greenbrae teen Trevor Leopold said their son resisted help when it came to drug use. Michelle and Jeff Leopold watched helplessly as Trevor became a habitual cannabis user two years after his bar mitzvah at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael. The drug caused violent…
By KERRI BRENNER / Marin Independent Journal Marin County is set to receive $800,000 annually for nine years from a settlement with pharmaceutical companies, officials said this week. The county, which has an average of one resident dying from an accidental drug overdose almost every week, will use the money to expand Marin’s overdose prevention…
By Richard Halstead rhalstead@marinij.com Marin officials are hoping that analysis of local wastewater will become an effective tool in addressing a surge of drug overdoses in the county, just as it was in stemming the spread of COVID-19. In early February, the Marin public health office began testing samples collected weekly at the Central Marin…
BY ALEX N. GECANAGECAN@MARINIJ.COM Marin County has opened its emergency shelter for homeless residents as a series of storms descends on the Bay Area. Emergency agencies have begun passing out sandbags and warning residents in low-lying areas that more flooding could be on the way. A flood watch will be in effect from Friday evening…
