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Delegate seeks civil penalties on sale of animal tranquilizers tied to rising overdose deaths
Summary
House Bill 1109 would prohibit sale or transfer of xylazine and medetomidine (animal tranquilizers) for non‑veterinary purposes and impose civil penalties administered by the Attorney General; sponsor and witnesses said the drugs are increasingly found in overdose deaths and are resistant to naloxone.
Delegate Pittman Pippy told the committee House Bill 1109 would ban the sale or distribution of xylazine and medetomidine except for veterinary uses and impose civil penalties enforced by the Attorney General, with penalties deposited in the state substance abuse fund.
The sponsor described rising prevalence of the drugs in overdose deaths and told members that, in Maryland, some overdose…
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