ToxTime: Xylazine - Background, Prevalence, and Co-Exposure in Hair in a High Risk Population

In this presentation, USDTL's Andre Sukta, Research and Development Projects Manager, will go through the background of xylazine, why it was developed, what it is primarily used for, and the prevalence and co-exposure of it being used in a human population. Speaker: Andre Sukta, MSFS Andre Sukta is the research and development projects manager at USDTL, a privately owned laboratory, specializing in non-traditional matrices. He began his career in forensic toxicology in performance testing of race horses. He transitioned to performing DUI testing and then moved to USDTL specializing in hair, fingernails, meconium, and umbilical cord testing. He is a Director for the Society of Forensic Toxicologists and serves on the Executive Board for the Alcohol, Drugs, and Impairment Division of the National Safety Council. He is also a member and past chair of the Section on Cannabis within the Alcohol, Drug, and Impairment Division of the National Safety Council. Connect with us! 📱 Website: usdtl.com LinkedIn: bit.ly/32EvmpW Facebook: www.facebook.com/USDTL USDTL is a business-to-business laboratory that is a leader in newborn toxicology, alcohol biomarkers, and substances use testing for all stages of life. We are on a mission to ensure the hardest cases do not go without resolution by specializing in niche areas of forensic drug and alcohol testing. 0:00 Introduction 1:27 USDTL Making a Different 1:58 Disclosures and Disclaimers 2:26 Let's Go Back to 2002 3:51 Equine Performance Testing & the Drug Supply 6:49 Xylazine Detected in Philadelphia 7:37 Xylazine Survey 2012 9:11 What is Xylazine? 13:12 Xylazine Deaths Rise Again (with Fentanyl) 13:52 DEA Laboratory Identifications by Region 14:20 Case Report of Xylazine Exposure in Children 15:08 Xylazine Testing in Umbilical Cord 16:43 2024 Xylazine Increase 17:19 Xylazine in Hair 18:27 Phenylbutazone 20:18 Lidocaine and More 22:40 Conclusio