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Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, is increasingly finding its way into street drugs across the country. Analysts at New Hampshire's state crime lab estimate they’re finding it in about 15% of the fentanyl they test.

States, tribes, and local governments are figuring out how best to spend billions of dollars from an opioid lawsuit settlement. One option they’re considering is funding peer support specialists, who guide people recovering from addiction as they do it themselves.

The program is part of National Prescription Take Back Days, which allow residents to drop off any old medications they may have.

The Drug Enforcement Administration says drug dealers are marketing rainbow-colored fentanyl to children. Many drug experts say that's likely not happening.

Like fentanyl, eutylone is often mixed with other drugs so users don't realize they're taking it until it's too late.

The National Institutes of Health annually surveys substance abuse among young adults in its Monitoring the Future study.

The law could result in methamphetamine dealers facing a death sentence if drugs they distribute kills someone.

New research released by the CDC found roughly 932,000 fatal overdoses from 1999-2020. Preliminary data show another 100,000 deaths this year.

With opioid overdoses surging, harm-reduction groups are calling on the FDA to change naloxone's prescription-only status. This would make it easier to get the lifesaving drug to people at risk.

The verdict in federal court comes as three of the country's largest pharmacy chains face thousands of lawsuits filed by communities across the U.S. The companies say they did nothing wrong dispensing huge quantities of opioids.