The Massachusetts Special Commission on Xylazine will hold preliminary meetings Monday and Tuesday, in efforts to study the ...

Deaths involving xylazine, a sedative known as “tranq” or “zombie drug,” nearly quadrupled from 2023 to 2024, data from the ...

Across the United States, a powerful sedative meant for animals has found its way into the streets. Known as xylazine, this ...

The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine -- an animal tranquilizer that's increasingly being used in illicit drugs -- is an "emerging threat" ...

Philadelphia medical professionals create consensus guidelines to manage severe, limb-threatening wounds caused by fentanyl ...

The Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream has issued an alert about a worsening public health threat: medetomidine, a sedative that’s considered to be stronger and longer-lasting than xylazine.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida has filed to reclassify xylazine as a Schedule I controlled substance, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday. Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer known ...

Overdose deaths in Bartholomew County are on pace to increase the year as the county heads into the final stretch of 2025.

BEAVER ― A new substance used to cut popular drugs is now causing fatal overdoses in Beaver County communities. According to a release from District Attorney David Lozier, investigators have ...