San Francisco Officials Warn Public of ‘Tranq' Drug

A troubling new drug has arrived on the streets of San Francisco. It’s called “Tranq,” which is a combination of fentanyl and horse tranquilizers and it was found in the blood of several people who recently died of an overdose.

The street drug has been circulating on the East Coast for the last few years.

The office of the medical examiner made the deadly discovery after reviewing toxicology reports on four people, who have recently overdosed in the area.

“They identified four overdosed decedents in which they identified xylazine, which is a veterinary tranquilizer in the toxicology of those people, who died of drug overdoses, in addition to fentanyl,”

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