The Senate bill would allow the DEA to track manufacturing and develop recommendations on how to regulate xylazine.

Another powerful animal tranquilizer has made its way into street drugs, added to illicit fentanyl and other opioids to prolong a user’s high. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has signed a letter urging Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act to classify the drug as a controlled substance.

Officials say that "Rhino Tranq" is similar to the more well-known animal tranquilizer, Xylazine, but 200 to 300 times ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Xylazine is a powerful drug used to sedate animals for surgery or relieve pain, but according to the CDC, it is now being used as a recreational drug. John Moses with the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new and potent sedative has been found mixed in with the illicit drug supply in Philadelphia. Community outreach workers say it's already gaining a new name. "They're calling ...

A powerful tranquilizer that is surfacing in Alberta’s unregulated drug supply cannot be reversed by standard opioid overdose treatments, warns an Alberta-based researcher and physician. Medetomidine ...

CDC warns sedative drug medetomidine is increasingly found in fentanyl, raising overdose risks and severe withdrawal cases in U.S. regions.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tranquilizer medetomidine is being mixed into Alberta’s drug supply with increasing frequency, yet it is unresponsive to ...