Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly street fentanyl − creating new hurdles for health care providers and drug users
Medetomidine is used in veterinary medicine, often during surgery. It's becoming common in the city's drug supplies, and it ...
Evidence of fentanyl cut with tranquilizer xylazine found near U.S.-Mexico border
The presence of xylazine, a horse tranquilizer that is increasingly found mixed with fentanyl in supplies of illegal drugs, ...
Toxic Animal Tranquilizer Xylazine Is Quietly Spreading Through Border Drug Supplies
A dangerous veterinary sedative called xylazine has been found in the drug supply at the U.S.-Mexico border, raising alarms ...
SC sees first drop in overdose deaths in over 10 years
A newly-released report shows the Palmetto State recorded a decrease in drug overdoses in 2023, marking the first such drop ...
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Overdose deaths down in SC for first time in 11 years
For the first time in more than a decade, the South Carolina Department of Health says the latest numbers show a drop in ...
Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly's street fentanyl supply
Medetomidine, a veterinary drug, is becoming more common in Philadelphia’s street opioid supply than even xylazine. Above, a ...
'Zombie drug' smuggled across southern border a growing threat to Americans, doctor warns
Xylazine, which is added to fentanyl and makes the synthetic opioid even deadlier, is being manufactured abroad and smuggled ...
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Overdose deaths in South Carolina dropped in 2023, but deaths from drug cocktails are rising
The number of overdose deaths dropped for the first time since 2014. But mixtures, like the ominously dubbed Gray Death, are ...
South Carolina sees overall drop in overdose deaths in 2023, but Horry County among 15 where numbers rose
Fewer people died from drug overdoses in South Carolina in 2023 than during the previous year, but Horry County and others ...
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Evidence of fentanyl cut with tranquilizer xylazine found near U.S.-Mexico border
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 20 (UPI) --The presence of xylazine, a horse tranquilizer increasingly found mixed with fentanyl in supplies of illegal drugs, is spreading to the U.S.-Mexico border area ...