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Pennsylvania will make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of the powerful animal tranquilizer. It will become a schedule III drug.

Xylazine is is being mixed into fentanyl and other illicit opioids.
Xylazine is is being mixed into fentanyl and other illicit opioids.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer