Gov. Gavin Newsom directed the California Highway Patrol and the California National Guard to help police and prosecutors target large-scale suppliers of the drug, which is driving a surge in overdose deaths.
President Biden s drug czar calls the combination of fentanyl and xylazine an "emerging threat" that local officials say has entered San Antonio s drug supply.
The Indiana Senate voted unanimously on Monday in favor of a bill that would require coroners to test some overdose victims for the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine.