A veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine is infiltrating street drugs, deepening addiction, baffling law enforcement and causing wounds so severe...
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FL: Hundreds of Floridians have tested positive for horse tranquilizer after death
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertData shows that a combination of fentanyl and an animal tranquilizer called xylazine has been quietly killing people in...
US: A Horrifying Drug Called ‘Tranq Dope’ Is Spreading in the US – Xylazine
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe animal tranquilizer xylazine, which has been linked to severe wounds and amputations, has been detected in nearly 40...
US: FDA alerts health care professionals of risks to patients exposed to xylazine in illicit drugs
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesFDA is aware of increasing reports of serious side effects from individuals exposed to fentanyl, heroin, and other illicit...
FL: 7 found unresponsive in Tampa after taking bad drugs containing Fentanyl, police say
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertSeveral people who were found unresponsive near a Tampa convenience store Tuesday evening were hospitalized after consuming bad drugs,...
US: Awareness of Abuse Potential Among Noncontrolled Substances Is Growing
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertFrom commonly used antidepressants to antihypertensives, risk of abuse hides in plain sight With attention focused on opioids and...
RI: 32-year-old arrested after allegedly supplying drugs in fatal overdose death
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertCounterfeit pressed pills that tested positive for fentanyl. A local man has been arrested on a list of drug-related...
New Drug Trend – Xylazine A study from last week’s MMWR examined xylazine-related deaths in Cook County, Illinois, between 2017 and 2021....
PA: With overdoses at record highs, a veterinary tranquilizer spreading through the U.S. drug supply poses new threats
Lisa McElhaney / / / News Alert“tranq dope” — opioids that contained the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine It was in the mid-2010s, the researchers heard, when...
TX: Austin-Travis County warning of Xylazine believed to be found in street drugs
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe latest drug trend involving street drugs are cut with Xylazine The Austin Office of the Chief Medical Officer...