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Man faces murder charge in connection with fentanyl poisoning death, Kyle police say
Read full article: Man faces murder charge in connection with fentanyl poisoning death, Kyle police sayA 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with fatally poisoning a man with fentanyl-laced pills, according to a press release from the Kyle Police Department.
Families warn about fentanyl-laced pills after 3 teens poisoned
Read full article: Families warn about fentanyl-laced pills after 3 teens poisonedFentanyl poisonings have law enforcement and devastated community members on high alert. On Monday, three teenagers in Kyle, Texas, were poisoned by fentanyl-laced pills.
Local moms fight for solutions after fentanyl breakout in Austin kills nine
Read full article: Local moms fight for solutions after fentanyl breakout in Austin kills nineLocal mothers who lost their children to fentanyl were gut-wrenched last week to hear a batch of drugs laced with fentanyl killed nine people in Austin and caused about 75 to needed Narcan rescue. This tragedy has strengthened their resolve to educate their community and prevent more deaths.
Haven for Hope security officers carry Narcan at all times and save lives
Read full article: Haven for Hope security officers carry Narcan at all times and save livesLife-saving abilities are now constantly at arms reach for the security team at Haven for Hope, which serves a community experiencing homelessness. Haven's Life Safety Officers (LSOs) each have a pouch on their belt labeled naloxone, which has the brand name Narcan.
Lifesaving Narcan tough to find in Texas pharmacies
Read full article: Lifesaving Narcan tough to find in Texas pharmaciesOpioid overdoses are not slowing down in Texas. But locating Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an overdose quickly, has been tough for Texans since it was made available without a prescription last year.
Texas cities and counties are destroying expired Narcan. Some say it could still be used to save lives.
Read full article: Texas cities and counties are destroying expired Narcan. Some say it could still be used to save lives.The state has given tens of thousands of doses of a drug that can reverse opioid deaths to local governments. It can still save lives after its expiration date, but some government agencies are destroying older doses.
Nonprofit group will hand out Narcan at ACL Music Festival
Read full article: Nonprofit group will hand out Narcan at ACL Music FestivalThe nonprofit organization, This Must Be the Place, will be handing out Naloxone at ACL as a way to educate people about the dangers of Fentanyl and to get the life-saving opioid reversal medicine in more hands.
Communities across Appalachia band together for first-ever 13-state Narcan distribution event
Read full article: Communities across Appalachia band together for first-ever 13-state Narcan distribution eventAn effort to destigmatize the use of overdose reversal drugs that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded to all thirteen states in Appalachia this year.
What is Narcan, and why is it in vending machines and at pharmacies?
Read full article: What is Narcan, and why is it in vending machines and at pharmacies?I was having a discussion with some coworkers, and the topic of Narcan got brought up as a potential solution to drug overdoses. My initial reaction was quite literally, “What in the world is Narcan?”
Rapper Quando Rondo crashes car while awaiting trial. Prosecutors want him back in jail
Read full article: Rapper Quando Rondo crashes car while awaiting trial. Prosecutors want him back in jailProsecutors in Georgia want rapper Quando Rondo back in jail after he crashed a car while awaiting trial on gang and drug charges.
Struggling with a drug crisis, San Francisco wants Narcan available at every pharmacy
Read full article: Struggling with a drug crisis, San Francisco wants Narcan available at every pharmacySan Francisco could become the first city in the country to require every pharmacy within its boundaries to always carry naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids.
New billboard on I-35 draws awareness to local fentanyl overdose deaths
Read full article: New billboard on I-35 draws awareness to local fentanyl overdose deaths“One pill kills” -- that’s just one of the messages behind a new billboard on I-35 northbound in Selma that was put up by a group of mothers who lost their children to fentanyl.
Bodycam shows first responders using Narcan to save man’s life after he swallowed heroin
Read full article: Bodycam shows first responders using Narcan to save man’s life after he swallowed heroinA routine traffic stop for Jourdanton Police Sgt. Joshua Walker turned into a life-saving event for a man who he says swallowed heroin.
Local team’s virtual Narcan training reaches almost half of all Texas counties
Read full article: Local team’s virtual Narcan training reaches almost half of all Texas countiesVirtual training sessions that began during the pandemic have allowed far more people to take the trainings, including people from rural areas and tribal nations.
Gov. Greg Abbott launches $10 million effort to combat fentanyl crisis, sends overdose-reversing meds to all 254 counties
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott launches $10 million effort to combat fentanyl crisis, sends overdose-reversing meds to all 254 countiesThe “One Pill Kills” campaign is funded with the help of a federal grant, and the statewide Narcan distribution is being paid for with funds from Texas’ settlement agreement with opioid manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies.
San Antonio woman pleads guilty to giving man fentanyl sample that led to his death
Read full article: San Antonio woman pleads guilty to giving man fentanyl sample that led to his deathA San Antonio woman who authorities say gave a man a lethal dose of fentanyl has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here's what it means
Read full article: FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here's what it meansThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription.
Fighting Fentanyl: Local class teaches community members to save lives with Narcan
Read full article: Fighting Fentanyl: Local class teaches community members to save lives with NarcanNarcan is a powerful tool in the fight against fentanyl, and a local treatment center in San Antonio is showing people how to administer it to help save lives.
Bills call for Texas teachers to be trained to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students
Read full article: Bills call for Texas teachers to be trained to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to studentsTexas is attempting to address the fentanyl crisis gripping schools by having staff learn how to administer lifesaving medication.
Fighting Fentanyl: How Pearsall police chief is keeping city safe from the drug
Read full article: Fighting Fentanyl: How Pearsall police chief is keeping city safe from the drugOnly three milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill an average adult male. The potent synthetic opioid is having a significant impact on how police in Pearsall do their jobs.
Fighting Fentanyl: How Hays CISD is protecting students from fentanyl deaths
Read full article: Fighting Fentanyl: How Hays CISD is protecting students from fentanyl deathsIt’s a crisis that a local school district has seen up close. The Hays Consolidated Independent School District confirmed at least four of its students have died after overdosing on fentanyl since last summer.
Bexar County deputies equipped with 2,000 doses of Narcan paid for by opioid settlement
Read full article: Bexar County deputies equipped with 2,000 doses of Narcan paid for by opioid settlementNew funding will keep a life-saving tool in reach for Bexar County deputies who encounter people who are overdosing.
Texas GOP lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposed
Read full article: Texas GOP lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposedGov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans have expressed support for legalizing fentanyl test strips, which help users identify whether the drugs they are planning on taking contain the deadly synthetic opioid.
Pharmacists want you to have Narcan on hand for accidental opioid overdoses
Read full article: Pharmacists want you to have Narcan on hand for accidental opioid overdosesWith the current opioid and fentanyl crisis, many people have heard of Narcan, which can reverse overdoses. Law enforcement and schools have it, and pharmacists believe anyone on opioids should have it too.
Gov. Greg Abbott says state should fund distribution of medication that can reverse opioid overdose
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott says state should fund distribution of medication that can reverse opioid overdoseWhile not detailing how the distribution might be funded, Abbott said the medication, Narcan, should be distributed to law enforcement agencies as well as some hospitals and schools.
State trooper hospitalized after fentanyl exposure in Bexar County, DPS says
Read full article: State trooper hospitalized after fentanyl exposure in Bexar County, DPS saysA Texas Department of Public Safety tooper was hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl during a vehicle search in Bexar County, state officials reported Tuesday.
How parents can get a free drug to reverse the effects of a fentanyl overdose
Read full article: How parents can get a free drug to reverse the effects of a fentanyl overdoseWhile treatment experts say education and prevention is key to saving lives. Governor Greg Abbott declares criminal organizations in Mexico as terrorists in a fight against fentanyl deaths.
As fentanyl plagues Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott directs state police to focus on cartels
Read full article: As fentanyl plagues Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott directs state police to focus on cartelsAbbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.
New Overdose Task Force created in Hays County following numerous fentanyl poisoning deaths
Read full article: New Overdose Task Force created in Hays County following numerous fentanyl poisoning deathsPills that can kill -- two suspected distributors have been arrested in charged in San Marcos. Hays County authorities now warn communities in the area to be vigilant of counterfeit Percocet pills.
Astroworld fest security officer felt prick in neck before going unconscious, Houston police chief says
Read full article: Astroworld fest security officer felt prick in neck before going unconscious, Houston police chief saysAs the Houston Police Department pieces together what led to the tragedy at the Astroworld music festival that left people dead, the chief said there’s a rumor that someone was drugging other people.
Overdose deaths far outpace COVID-19 deaths in San Francisco
Read full article: Overdose deaths far outpace COVID-19 deaths in San FranciscoFILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, a man lies on the sidewalk beside a recyclable trash bin in San Francisco. A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)SAN FRANCISCO – A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far. The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far worse if it wasn't for the nearly 3,000 times Narcan was used from January to the beginning of November to save someone from the brink of death, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The data reflects the number of times people report using Narcan to the Drug Overdose Prevention and Education Project, a city-funded program that coordinates San Francisco’s response to overdose, or return to refill their supply.