A synthetic opioid you've likely never heard of is quietly surfacing in street drugs across the US, and it makes fentanyl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new sedative used in veterinary medicine is showing up in street drugs, leading to severe health complications and frequent ...

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A new sedative used in veterinary medicine is showing up in street drugs, leading to severe health complications and frequent intensive care unit admissions, local emergency physicians warn.