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Alexander Aviña, associate professor of history at Arizona State University, discusses the historical precedent of drug violence in Mexico, the United State's role, and possible solutions moving forward.
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Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced this week local fentanyl overdoses will now be investigated as possible homicides under a new state law.
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Mexico’s Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra joined U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a joint press conference Thursday to discuss the controversial 1,000-foot anti-migrant barrier in the middle of the Rio Grande.
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The Biden administration has vowed to crack down on arms trafficking.
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The dashboard tracks fatalities related to the powerful, synthetic opioid dating back to 2014 and compares those to overall drug deaths in Texas.
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The initiative includes a program to send overdose reversal drugs to all 254 counties in the state.
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With little regulation, counterfeit medication is common and may prove to be ineffective, the wrong strength, or contain dangerous ingredients.
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Over a dozen bills have been filed by Republican and Democratic lawmakers after Gov. Greg Abbott publicly supported lifting the ban.
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Hays CISD has employed several approaches to preventing further tragedies. The work has given other schools a blueprint for their own programs.
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Fentanyl is the leading cause of opioid deaths in Texas, increasing five-fold in recent years.