Canada's highly toxic illicit drug supply is worsening with the emergence of xylazine, a dangerous and unpredictable animal tranquillizer that's putting drug users' lives at risk in alarming new ...

Montreal public health officials examined 300 urine samples from drug users in Montreal in the fall of 2022 and found xylazine in five per cent of the tests. (Totojang/Istock) Montreal public ...

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A terrifying trend of contaminated fentanyl flooding the illicit drug market has seen a large amount of drugs being laced with Xylazine, a veterinary tranquillizer also known as 'Tranq'.

Xylazine is an animal tranquillizer known to veterinarians as Rompun and Anased, according to the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSUA). It is sometimes added to opiates like ...

That is by far the highest proportion of samples found to contain the tranquillizer since the service first detected the drug in 2020. Public-health officials are watching closely. In the wake of ...

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To the fast-swelling ranks of ataraxic (tranquilizing) drugs, another was added last week for patients with relatively mild emotional disorders. Offered hopefully to compete with meprobamate ...

Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee says a key concern with the tragic surge of fatalities is the increasing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquillizer that has been detected in significant ...

Police on Vancouver Island do not have tranquillizer guns to sedate and relocate wild animals that stray into urban areas. Only conservation officers are equipped with tranquillizer guns and have ...

Police on Vancouver Island do not have tranquillizer guns to sedate and relocate wild animals that stray into urban areas. Only conservation officers are equipped with tranquillizer guns and have the ...