Santa Clara County records first official death from xylazine

The February death of a man in San Jose has been confirmed to be Santa Clara County’s first recorded xylazine-related death, according to the SCC Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office.

Authorities said the man who died was a 36-year-old; they did not identify him in a county news release sent Monday morning. The man was found unresponsive in San Jose and died in late February and the xylazine and fentanyl were found in his bloodstream through postmortem toxicology testing, according to the release.

Xylazine, also known by the street name “Tranq,” is a drug intended as a sedative tranquilizer for large animals like horses and cattle, according to the news release. The

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