Amid the dramatic rise in overdose deaths caused by “tranq dope,” or fentanyl laced with animal tranquilizer xylazine, the White House has announced a national response plan to address the crisis. The plan aims to ensure a 15 percent reduction in xylazine-positive overdose deaths in at least three of four U.S. Census regions by 2025….

The number of Americans fatally overdosing from illegally manufactured fentanyl laced with the animal tranquilizer xylazine soared between 2019 and 2022, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 30. Between January 2019 and June 2022, the monthly percentage of overdose deaths from fentanyl combined with xylazine rose by 276 percent among…

The Navy detected the implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible Titan already on Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. That’s days before news of the implosion was made public on June 22. The Navy quickly provided this information to aid the search and rescue efforts, although at the time, its significance was unknown. The Coast…

The U.S. Navy had already detected the implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible Titan on Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. That was days before news of the implosion was made public on June 22. The Navy quickly provided this information to aid the search and rescue efforts, although its significance was unknown at the…

A so-called zombie drug which has claimed its first British victim could be widespread and drug screenings need to be updated to look for it, according to a panel of experts who studied the death. Karl Warburton, 43, died at his home in Solihull, near Birmingham, in May 2022 and is believed to be the…

A bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general have called on Congress to pass a bill to fight illicit xylazine. The May 18 letter to congressional leadership and the chairmen and ranking members of a couple House and Senate committees want Congress to pass the bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. It was introduced in March by Rep….

The White House has named the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, noting that the combination is increasingly being used and triggering overdoses. The decision to name the drug as such, announced Wednesday, is the first time in U.S. history that the federal government declared a…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his constituents in New York about a new drug that he says could cause people’s skin to rot. “We all know what a scourge fentanyl has been across the New York area—New York City, Long Island, all the suburbs—but now we’re seeing a new even worse type of drug…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County health officials issued a public alert March 8, warning of increased overdose risks associated with the animal sedative xylazine, which has been detected in illicit drugs in areas including San Francisco and San Diego. LA County reports that the presence of xylazine, commonly known as tranq, in these California cities indicates…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said it has moved to restrict the illicit import of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that is increasingly making its way across the nation as a street drug. Xylazine is the active ingredient in a potent animal drug widely used to sedate dogs, cats, as well as…