As part of our '10 Biggest Austin News Stories' we spotlight the fentanyl overdose crisis.
Earlier in the year, the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office reported thathad increased by 237% since 2020, making overdose the leading cause of accidental death in the county. In May, the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance organized a rousing town hall that brought first responders, drug users, homeless outreach organizations, and public officials together and highlighted the urgency of expanding the city's and county's response to the opioid crisis.
But the problem persists. The first six months of 2022 saw 118 fentanyl-related deaths in Travis County, the same number as in all of 2021. Advocates stress the need for fentanyl testing strips to be legalized and for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone to be widely distributed and in the hands of regular people, not just first responders. To that end, at a Nov.
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