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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) are battling a new and fatal cocktail of drugs. Officials with MBN said they have seen a large spike in overdose deaths from fentanyl being mixed with an animal tranquilizer, xylazine. The cocktail has been referred to as tranq or as the zombie […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader
Sobriety criteria for liver transplant patients also discussed
Alake Olawunmi, a mother of twins, attributes the prevalence of multiple births in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, to a local delicacy that's made from yam flour, and a gynecologist says it very well could be diet, but regardless the community holds an annual festival, with one celebrant calling it "a blessing from God."
JACKSON • House members for the second consecutive year appear on track to pass legislation that would make kratom, a green powdered herbal supplement, illegal in Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers appear on track to pass legislation to ban kratom, an herbal drug that can be used for pain relief. Kratom is currently unregulated in most parts of the United States but has been outlawed by some states, including neighboring Alabama.