Also, veterinarians cannot prescribe controlled substances or xylazine unless they have seen the animal in person.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-31/editorial-telehealth-is-good-for-people-and-for-their-dogs-and-cats-too

At least one state, Florida, has listed xylazine as a controlled substance.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/health/fentanyl-xylazine-drug.html

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)— The SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control issued a Public Health Order about xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer commonly referred to as “tranq”.

Source: https://www.abccolumbia.com/2023/10/26/dhec-to-require-reports-of-tranq-overdoses/

He pointed to the glass vial of newly approved xylazine test strips that sat on the counter.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/people/health/ct-xylazine-testing-strips-btnx-20230528-46mkjpepfzdglaar7cgd7p7i7m-story.html

He would not say how much it spent on the xylazine campaign, which includes distributing informational fliers and issuing health alerts to doctors, but insisted the centers have been effective in other countries.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/08/nyc-pushes-tranq-junkies-to-use-zombie-drug-under-supervision/

In Bangor, police are responding to the new threat of xylazine with Narcan and referring people to medical care and social services, according to Sgt. Jason McAmbley of the Bangor Police Department.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/08/news/new-street-drug-xylazine-fatal-maine-overdoses-joam40zk0w/

Joshua Swatek, Department of Health harm reduction program manager, said cases of xylazine in New Mexico “appear to be pretty few and far between.”

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2595347/xylazine-enters-new-mexico-street-market-heres-what-to.html

MANN: Like other synthetic drugs, xylazine is cheap for drug cartels to make.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/04/13/biden-administration-fentanyl-xylazine-cocktail-deadly/

Now more than 90 percent of the heroin now found in Philadelphia contains xylazine.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11655809/Philadelphias-Kensington-neighborhood-looks-like-scene-WALKING-DEAD.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Outside of the cities, other frontline service workers are encountering users with symptoms associated with xylazine.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1796278/The-horrific-new-flesh-eating-drug-wreaking-havoc-on-UK-streets

"The FDA remains concerned about the increasing prevalence of xylazine mixed with illicit drugs, and this action is one part of broader efforts the agency is undertaking to address this issue," FDA Commissioner said in an agency news release.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/fda-takes-action-against-animal-tranquilizer-tied-to-fatal-ods/article_1f86759a-c0db-5e11-bbc4-318ec7284b8c.html

Then last month — a few weeks after the Sheriff’s Department admitted seeing signs of xylazine for at least four years — the UCLA researchers studying local street drugs confirmed finding the sedative in a sample of black tar heroin.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-10/sheriffs-dept-program-to-track-presence-of-flesh-eating-street-drug-in-los-angeles

The program began in mid-April with crime lab analysts marking when preliminary signs of xylazine were detected in seized drugs, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/la-officials-monitoring-rising-use-of-flesh-rotting-zombie-drug/