The powerful animal tranquilizer has started appearing in the illicit heroin and fentanyl market in recent years.

Opioid overdose deaths have decreased for 12 months, with 70,655 predicted deaths through June 2024, down from 86,401 in June ...

A case series characterized wounds associated with xylazine exposure, an increasingly common adulterant found in illicitly ...

Suspected drug overdose deaths have declined in Nashville compared to this time last year, but the presence of the so-called ...

In parts of the U.S., more than half of pregnant women facing severe addiction are also exposed toxic to the toxic animal ...

Most recently, the communities are grappling with the impacts of fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, and xylazine, an animal ...

In the past, the DEA issued a public safety alert about the widespread threat posed by a mixture of a non-opioid animal sedative called xylazine, also known as "Tranq," and fentanyl. There has ...

A powerful animal tranquilizer-turned-dangerous street drug, xylazine — also known as “tranq” — is increasingly being mixed into New York City’s narcotics supply with deadly results ...

Before harmful and deadly drugs such as fentanyl and xylazine reach the streets of cities such as Los Angeles, they must first make their way into the country. An indictment unsealed last month in ...

When she relapsed during her pregnancy earlier this year, Norris knew the opioids she was buying on the street likely contained something new and toxic: xylazine "It was the beginning of my ...

During a relapse, she exposed herself and her fetus to the toxic animal tranquilizer xylazine, which has flooded the street drug supply in the U.S. "Xylazine is so addictive, so physically ...