Drugs

Cities and counties are trying to prevent drugs from ending up in local waterways, where the chemicals can affect the drinking water supply and aquatic life.

The FDA asked advisers to take another look at phenylephrine, which became the main drug in over-the-counter decongestants when medicines with an older ingredient were moved behind pharmacy counters.

When temperatures exceed a narrow range, many drugs lose effectiveness. Here’s how to keep your prescription medicine safe in Austin's triple-digit heat.

The dashboard tracks fatalities related to the powerful, synthetic opioid dating back to 2014 and compares those to overall drug deaths in Texas.

With so many variables — like whether an overdose occurs on campus or after school — there's no way to know if Hays CISD is a hot spot or if other districts are just tracking differently and aren’t aware of a problem.

Drug deaths were up 35% in Travis County last year, an increase spurred in large part by a growing number of fentanyl-related overdoses.

Over a dozen bills have been filed by Republican and Democratic lawmakers after Gov. Greg Abbott publicly supported lifting the ban.

Travis County saw a spike in the number of fatal overdoses last year. Frankie Rae works with a group pushing for “harm reduction.” But these strategies can be controversial, and in some cases, illegal.

A billboard shows the faces of young people who have died. Posters show the difference between fentanyl and other prescriptions drugs. And a video presented to seniors shows a student overdosing in his car.

Fentanyl is the leading cause of opioid deaths in the state, increasing five-fold in recent years.