The potent animal sedative that’s replacing tranq in street drugs — and making fentanyl even more deadly

It’s similar to xylazine, or tranq — a veterinary painkiller and muscle relaxant commonly cut into street drugs since about ...

A former fentanyl user describes the first time she took the illicit drug laced with xylazine as 'the scariest experience of my life'

Xylazine was declared an "emerging threat" by the White House. A former xylazine user explains how the drug made her feel and why she sought it out.
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Houston County woman’s overdose death leads to drug dealer’s conviction

When a 36-year-old Houston County woman died from an overdose in 2023, cell phone records helped investigators tie the drugs ...

Trump signs executive order to classify illicit fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday classifying “illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals” as weapons of mass destruction.