The Charleston County Coroner’s Office (CCCO) began finding an unusual drug in autopsies of 2020 overdose victims: a commonly used veterinary sedative called xylazine. The drug was present in six ...

Deaths involving xylazine, a sedative known as “tranq” or “zombie drug,” nearly quadrupled from 2023 to 2024, data from the ...

(KRON) — U.S. Rep. Josh Harder is urging the Drug Enforcement Agency to criminalize a tranquilizer and take additional actions to stop the flow of the “zombie drug” into California communities. Making ...

It’s not the zombie apocalypse—not even close—but most people who view users of the sedative xylazine, which is increasingly mixed with fentanyl in the illicit drug supply, say they resemble zombies, ...

HOUSTON – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration released a public safety alert to warn Americans of a growing threat of a deadly drug called Xylazine, a combination of fentanyl mixed with ...

Xylazine is an FDA-approved sedative and pain reliever for use in animals, but it has severe adverse effects when used in humans. NEW PALESTINE — It seemed like a routine traffic stop. However, ...

A safe and controlled sedative intended only for large animals like horses is becoming an increasingly popular adulterant to substances like fentanyl, prompting flesh-eating skin ulcerations in humans ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — It's known as the "zombie drug," and it's showing up here in the Las Vegas valley. Xylazine is a powerful tranquilizer meant for animals, not humans. But local health experts are ...

The veterinary tranquiliser xylazine "has infiltrated the UK’s illicit drug market", according to researchers. With the first known UK fatality reported only last year, they said there is a limited ...

Flesh-eating 'zombie drug' killed our brother - he was first Brit to ... Its citizens voted to decriminalise hard drugs in 2020 in a public ballot. Measure 110 then came into force by February 2021.