NBC Los Angeles

UCSD study warns animal tranquilizer drug ‘tranq' is rising threat to SoCal

An animal tranquilizer prevalent in the eastern U.S. for years has been found in high quantities among drug users in Tijuana, concerning UC San Diego researchers that the illegal anesthetic could soon ...
KTLA

‘Tranq’ a rising threat to L.A.’s homeless drug addicts

A dangerous veterinary tranquilizer known as tranq is rapidly spreading through Los Angeles, alarming public health experts and federal agents who say the drug, when mixed with fentanyl, is driving a ...
Hosted on MSN

‘Zombie drug’ a growing threat to L.A.’s homeless addicts

A dangerous veterinary tranquilizer known as Tranq is rapidly spreading through Los Angeles, alarming public health experts and federal agents who say the drug, when mixed with fentanyl, is driving a ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

DEA issues dire US warning of fentanyl mixed with flesh-eating 'tranq' drug

FILE - A person smokes fentanyl on May 3, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities warned this week of a sharp increase ...
ABC News

Community groups, medical experts work to combat emerging 'tranq' drug crisis

The powerful sedative is at the center of overdose deaths. Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer known on the street as "tranq," is a cheap and powerful sedative that's infiltrating the nation's drug ...
California Healthline

In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

Anthony Willis, who has an apartment on Skid Row, spends most of his time on the streets. He says he’s addicted to crack and alcohol. (Angela Hart/KFF Health News) LOS ANGELES — Inside a bright new ...