内容摘要：“And obviously Nija is tough. She’s done that to a lot of people. She’ll probably continue to do that. She’ll do that to some other teams here.”

“And obviously Nija is tough. She’s done that to a lot of people. She’ll probably continue to do that. She’ll do that to some other teams here.”

Medetomidine, which is used to sedate pets and is somewhat similar to, was first detected in illegally manufactured opioids in North America in 2022. Investigators say the drug is being mixed in with other illicit drugs, mainly

, the synthetic opioid behind most overdose deaths.On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionthree reports about recent clusters of medetomidine cases in Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

In Chicago, health officials last May were puzzled by a surge in overdoses. The patients had taken fentanyl, but the overdose-reversing drug naloxone didn’t seem to work. After an investigation, the city’s health department reported 12 confirmed cases of medetomidine-involved overdose — the largest to date — as well as more than 160 probable or suspected cases including a possible death.The two other reports focused on medetomidine withdrawal in patients in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

In Philadelphia, medetomidine was detected in 72% of illegal opioid samples tested late last year, overtaking xylazine, which has complicated the U.S. response to the opioid crisis.

More than 160 people were hospitalized for an unusual version of fentanyl withdrawal that was resistant to medications that helped against fentanyl and xylazine. However, another drug — dexmedetomidine — did work, health officials said.THE FACTS: This is false. According to the White House, the number is based on the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and higher military spending by the U.S., including expenditures associated with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. An exact total is difficult to discern because there is no publicly available data on NORAD spending. But even the most generous estimates do not put the total costs anywhere close to what Trump claims.

A trade deficit occurs when the cost of a country’s imports are higher than its exports. Using seasonally adjusted data, the U.S. deficit with Canada for both goods and services wasin 2024. It was higher for just goods, ranging from

The White House put the goods and services deficit with Canada at $53.5 billion. This is closer to the figure from 2022 —Either way, economists agree that describing a trade deficit as a subsidy is wrong.