A group of men are passed out after using drugs in Los Angeles on April 10, 2024. Animal tranquilizer medetomidine is being frequently added to fentanyl to ...

The two alerts concern sedative drug medetomidine and new variants of another sedative, benzodiazepines.

A powerful veterinary tranquilizer showing up in the street drug supply is putting new pressure on hospitals and treatment centers in Western Pennsylvania, according to local doctors and providers.

In March 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved naloxone as a nonprescription nasal spray to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ...

Health officials say a veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine, also known as "tranq," is showing up in illegal drugs like the powerful opioid fentanyl, stirring issues in the medical community, as ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Local non-profit Tapestry Health is warning more than half of all illegal drugs tested in our area are coming up positive with an animal tranquilizer. It comes with updated ...

An animal tranquilizer prevalent in the eastern U.S. for years has been found in high quantities among drug users in Tijuana, concerning UC San Diego researchers that the illegal anesthetic could soon ...

The alerts highlight the rapidly changing drug scene and provide information about new, unfamiliar substances which have been ...

CHAIN. THERE’S A NEW DRUG HITTING OUR STREETS CALLED FLY SKY. BUT OFFICIALS GATHERED AT THE PARK BEHIND ME TO GIVE OUT THESE OVERDOSE PREVENTION KITS. IT HAS THINGS INSIDE, LIKE NARCAN, A PEN THAT ...