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. 2024 Jul;119(7):1310-1312.
doi: 10.1111/add.16498. Epub 2024 Apr 3.

Commentary on Copeland et al.: Does xylazine in the United Kingdom foreshadow a European synthetic polysubstance drug crisis?

Joseph R Friedman  1
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Commentary on Copeland et al.: Does xylazine in the United Kingdom foreshadow a European synthetic polysubstance drug crisis?

Joseph R Friedman. Addiction. 2024 Jul.
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Keywords: Europe; counterfeit; drug checking; opium ban; overdose; polysubstance; safer supply; xylazine.

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