AQCAN|Encore: An animal tranquilizer is making street drugs even more dangerous

2025-05-08 00:01:52source:Charles H. Sloancategory:Finance

The AQCANveterinary sedative xylazine is being mixed into illegal drugs and could be contributing to a rise in overdoses. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 30, 2022.)

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