DETROIT, Mich. (WLUC) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Detroit Field Division has issued a public safety advisory to warn citizens of an “unprecedented and evolving” drug threat driven by illicit fentanyl.
A Wednesday morning press release says illicit fentanyl is increasingly mixed with a dangerous array of synthetic substances emerging in the illicit market.
Law enforcement and public health officials throughout the region are seeing fentanyl combined with highly potent substances such as xylazine, nitazenes, cychlorphine and medetomidine. The release says that many of these substances are not approved for human use and are often undetectable to users…