COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Drug Enforcement Agency said xylazine is a growing problem in Ohio and across the country. Xylazine is often mixed with fentanyl, but the drug is an animal tranquilizer.

Stawasz said in the most recent update from the state's the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Xylazine and Carfentanil were reported to be both "present and contributory" in over a dozen drugs ...

MORE ABOUT THE DRUG. IN THE BATTLE AGAINST ADDICTION. XYLAZINE ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER TO THE OPIOID CRISIS IN 2023. UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT, THE TRANQUILIZER WAS DECLARED A SCHEDULE THREE ...

Xylazine was found in 24.3% of the fentanyl powder samples in 2022 and 27.3% in 2023. In its newest numbers, the DEA found the substance in a little over one-third of fentanyl powder seized from ...

approximately eight grams of fentanyl/Xylazine powder, and three firearms (one of which was stolen). Here's who police took into custody and the charges they face: This is a fine example of how ...

Xylazine or “tranq” wounds – characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue – have become increasingly visible in Philadelphia among people who use drugs. Rachel McFadden is an emergency ...

and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have reintroduced the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at curbing the illegal use of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer increasingly used as a ...

The study highlights the strain on Philadelphia's health care system, with patients averaging 5.9 hospital admissions for xylazine-associated wounds, and the most extended hospital stay was 75 ...