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The Austin area saw a nearly 40% increase in fatal overdoses during the pandemic.
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Researchers say cocaine, meth and other street drugs are increasingly contaminated with deadly synthetic opioids, contributing to a major spike in deaths.
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The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and suicide attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready.
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The largest-ever federal action concerning the U.S. opioid crisis has only gotten more complicated amid a slew of recent settlements. So here's a brief(ish) explainer breaking it down.
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The opioid epidemic killed more than 1,300 Texans in 2016. The next year, state lawmakers passed legislation to mandate a prescription-monitoring program…
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For the second time in three years, life expectancy in the U.S. has ticked downward. In three reports issued Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and…
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From Texas Standard:It's something you don't hear often in the news: President Donald Trump is endorsing a measure that has the support of Democrats and…
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Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading Texas into a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for exacerbating the opioid crisis among Texans.In an announcement…
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From Texas Standard.President Donald Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. The Texas Department of State Health Services says…
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The move stops short of declaring a national emergency, which the president had pledged to do.