Nevada
Police, senator warn of threat from deadly new drug trend
Las Vegas police joined a Nevada lawmaker on Monday to discuss what authorities said is a deadly new drug trend emerging in the city: xylazine, also known as “tranq.”
Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Nicholas Farese and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., discussed the “potent drug and its potential effect within our community” during a news conference at police headquarters.
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