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On Wednesday, the White House declared fentanyl combined with xylazine an “emerging threat.”

KKTV 11 News has been raising awareness for the dangerous drug combination, also known as ‘tranq,’ with the help of Gallus Medical Detox Centers.

The Drug Enforcement Administration alongside the U.S. Department of Justice shared a joint intelligence report outlining the dangers and concerns of the drug.

New research suggests that Apremilast, a medication used to treat psoriasis and sold under the brand name Otezla, reduces alcohol cravings, according to Steve Carleton, Chief Clinical Officer at Gallus Medical Detox Center.

Opioids are being mixed with animal tranquilizers.

Steve Carleton with Gallus Medical Detox Centers provides insight on the dangerous drug.

“Talk to your kids. That’s it,” said Steve Carelton, a licensed clinical social worker and Chief Clinical Officer for Gallus Detox Centers. “Don’t wait until something happens to talk to your kids about drugs, and don’t assume your kid is not going to be somebody that’s going to be experimental with this,” he added. “We have no control over what our kids are doing.”

Digital Anchor Carel Lajara sat down with Steve Carleton, the Executive Clinical Director at Gallus Medical Detox Centers. The licensed clinical social worker and Certified Addiction Specialist explained why Fentanyl addictions are harder to treat than cases involving other opioids, as well as how to get help, and what families should do if they are feeling hopeless.

January might be over, but that doesn’t mean you have to end “Dry January.” There are health benefits to drinking less, and Steve Carleton, the chief clinical officer at Gallus Medical Detox Centers, joined us to share some information and tips.

It’s fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a horse tranquilizer. I’m told it can be twice as addictive and twice as deadly–Narcan not always working in waking people up. It also impacts cognition and gait, leaving people looking like zombies.

With fentanyl, specifically, rainbow fentanyl, being a huge issue across the country, Gallus’ Executive Clinical Director, Steve Carleton, appeared on CNN on Wednesday, August 31st, to discuss the dangers and Gallus’ innovative fentanyl detox program.

WBAP’s Kim Lampkins spoke with local addiction treatment and counseling specialist Steve Carleton, LCSW, CACII (pictured left) Executive Director at Gallus Medical Detox Center in Dallas who considers the new CDC guidance “reasonable.”

Millions of people take some form of highly addictive prescription medications like Xanax, Ativan and Valium for anxiety and sleep issues. The medications are in a class of prescription drugs known as Benzodiazepines.

With a rise in fentanyl overdoses and addiction in the valley, Gallus Medical Detox Centers provide treatment to patients dealing with addiction.

More people are experiencing stress, anxiety and sleep issues. Which means more people are getting prescription medications to help.

In 2021, more than 700 people were killed by the illegal use of fentanyl in Colorado, with overdose death rates increasing at a faster rate than the national average.

Beaming with pride, Katherine Otero thumbs through old newspaper clippings of her late mother. In columns from the 1980s, Carol Lewis, who worked as a charge nurse at Lovelace Medical Center in New Mexico, was credited with helping Nurses Day become a national day of recognition.

The drug and fentanyl epidemic is moving to the social media sphere, and many parents do not know their kids are part of it.

Gallus Medical Detox Centers is working with the Huntridge House this Saturday, June 11 to serve the LGBTQ community and share how we can help with substance issues.

Dozens of elected officials, law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victim advocates gathered in Denver on Thursday for a summit on how Colorado can better address the fentanyl crisis.

Steve Carleton with Gallus Medical Detox Centers discusses how Matthew Perry’s addiction is all too common. Call 988 if you are struggling with substance abuse.