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Trump 'drug czar' warns of deadly 'rhino tranquilizer' killing Americans as cartel crackdown escalates

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Trump administration ‘drug czar’ Sara Carter discusses efforts to target cartels and stop the flow of narcotics across the southern border on ‘Hannity.’ The Trump administration issued a dire warning to Americans regarding a deadly new drug surfacing in U.S. communities. "Drug czar" Sara Carter joined "Hannity" on Monday to discuss medetomidine, a potent sedative sometimes called "rhino tranquilizer." "For the first time, we partnered with the CDC to issue an alert," Carter told Fox News host Sean Hannity. "We sent it across the country to warn first responders and doctors that we have medetomidine out there." The federal alert warns that medetomidine is increasingly being found mixed into illicit fentanyl, something Carter warns "kills." Its prevalence in drug seizures has grown since 2023, primarily appearing in the Northeast and Midwest, according

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Trump’s sudden cut in substance testing is ‘going to kill people’, experts warn

Samhsa said funding cannot be used to purchase or distribute fentanyl test strips or other drug test kits The Trump administration’s decision to restrict use of federal funds for fentanyl test strips, in what officials described as a…

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Trump’s sudden cut in substance testing is ‘going to kill people’, experts warn

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Samhsa said funding cannot be used to purchase or distribute fentanyl test strips or other drug test kits The Trump administration’s decision to restrict use of federal funds for fentanyl test strips, in what officials described as a…

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