STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allege that a 61-year-old man was caught with over 80 sedative pills while he was smoking cocaine in broad daylight on a busy street in Tompkinsville. Michael Astwood ...

Fallon Adams, 37, died on 9 February 2023 after taking a mix of prescribed and illicit drugs with sedative effects, a coroner ...

Analysis from a Columbia and Rutgers Health team finds long-term antipsychotic use rose 65% from 2015 to 2024.

A man accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills from a produce stand at a Forest Park farmers market recently appeared in ...

One county in Ohio has seen an increase in a drug that is intended for animal use. It’s called xylazine, and veterinarians use it as an animal tranquilizer. It’s been found in major cities like New ...

City officials released finalized reports Tuesday confirming that drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023 and providing a more detailed picture of how the addiction crisis has been impacting ...

Harrow, Inc. (NASDAQ: HROW), a U.S.-based provider of ophthalmic disease management solutions, announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage company ...

The drug, called medetomidine, is used by veterinarians to sedate pets. HealthDay News — A sedative used in animals is showing up more often in illegal drugs and may be making opioid overdoses harder ...

Exposed tendons and bones. Wounds that attract maggots. A foul smell from dead tissue. Even as more potent drugs have hit the streets, the flesh-rotting animal tranquilizer xylazine is still wreaking ...

A new, deadly drug is spreading through American cities, sparking a crisis not of addiction – but of withdrawal. Medetomidine is a veterinary sedative, and if used by humans, it causes almost instant ...