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Philly may get more federal money to address opioid crisis as alarm grows over xylazine, a dangerous and increasingly common drug additive

A federal drug official's visit to Philadelphia will help shape national policy on the drug additive xylazine.

Rupal Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, speaks in Philadelphia about the risk from xylazine, an animal tranquilizer added to fentanyl. Philadelphia Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole (L), and Latika Davis-Jones (R), acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, listen.
Rupal Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, speaks in Philadelphia about the risk from xylazine, an animal tranquilizer added to fentanyl. Philadelphia Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole (L), and Latika Davis-Jones (R), acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, listen.Read moreJason Laughlin / staff