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Joseph Friedman
Joseph Friedman is an MD/ Ph.D. candidate at UCLA who studies the U.S. overdose crisis.
Recent Articles
Xylazine, a Dangerous Veterinary Tranquilizer, Is Showing Us the Future of the Overdose Crisis
There’s a new drug beginning to spread rapidly through the street drug supply of the United States: Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, increasingly used as a synthetic cutting agent for opioids like heroin. We recently published...
By Joseph Friedman and Philippe Bourgois
April 6, 2022
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