Xylazine, also commonly known as "tranq," is often mixed with opioids like fentanyl and heroin, according to U.S. Customs and ...

Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street InstituteIn SUPPORT of House Bill 226: “Relative to the use of drug checking equipment.” April 16, 2025 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Gannon ...

The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s new harm reduction initiative is helping prevent needless deaths.

The Benardes, a sister and brother in West Palm Beach, have a successful small business that is now in peril due to escalating tariffs aimed at China.

Xylazine, known on the streets as "tranq," is showing up in Oregon's drug supply in small but growing amounts, public health ...

The animal tranquilizers xylazine and medetomidine are in approximately one-third of the illegal opioids available in the U.S., including fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone. Animal tranquilizers enhance ...

Quick administration of naloxone – also known as Narcan – by a first responder, loved one or bystander can revive an opioid user who has overdosed. If administered in time, naloxone is effective in ...

people who need one of these cross-reactive medications that you’re genuinely concerned about the sedative effects. Somebody who is abusing alcohol. Somebody who is abusing other drugs or has ...

Based on a tip-off about the sale of illegal sale of painkiller drugs, a special team conducted ... drug peddlers from Rajasthan sent 30 boxes of sedatives to Bengaluru, and Abuthahir collected ...

Xylazine has infiltrated the drug supply in Tijuana, with high detection rates among users and paraphernalia. The findings suggest a spreading threat that could soon impact Southern California and ...

Illicit Alprazolam can contain other unknown and potentially harmful sedative drugs, and has been linked with a number of deaths in both the UK and US when mixed with other potent drugs.

The health secretary said the drugs have “damaged” children, but doctors say prescription stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall help millions of people. By Christina Caron Health Secretary ...