Live Breaking News & Updates on Jennifer Shinefeld
Stay updated with breaking news from Jennifer shinefeld. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Federal lawmakers have introduced a Senate bill that would make the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine a Schedule III controlled substance. The drug is increasingly used as a cutting agent for fentanyl, a combination called 'tranq dope.' ....
Xyazine, the animal tranquilizer combined with fentanyl to make tranq dope, will be more tightly restricted by the FDA. Tranq dope, which has become common in Philadelphia's illegal opioid market, results in serious overdose complications and painful skin wounds. ....
Xylazine, a veterinary sedative used on horses and cattle, has become entrenched as a recreational drug laced into Philadelphia's supply of fentanyl. The drug's emergence has altered the way public health officials must respond to opioid overdoses and the skin wounds that the substance causes among people who use xylazine with fentanyl. Also known as tranq, the drug has been found in 90% of the dope samples tested by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, which updated overdose response trainings to better prepare medical providers for the effects of xylazine. ....