drug use

Texas has some of the nation’s most restrictive policies on syringe exchange programs. But for years, Bexar County has been the exception and is authorized to operate a needle exchange program intended to prevent the spread of HIV, hepatitis and other infections among people who inject drugs. Efforts at the Texas legislature to expand the program to other counties in Texas have so far failed.

For people living on the streets, even a small wound can become a serious medical emergency. A team of nurses is treating patients where they are — under bridges, near encampments and on city sidewalks.

Magic mushrooms are banned federally in the United States, but some swear by the life-changing experiences they have on the psychedelic.

On July 15, TPR and UT Health San Antonio hosted this panel discussion focusing on ways to treat and combat substance use disorder.

New research documents how many children lost a parent to an opioid or other overdose in the period from 2011 to 2021. Bereaved children face elevated risks to their physical and emotional health.

The subsidies are the result of a 3-year, $3.4 million grant from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

News of inhalant abuse became a nationwide concern from the 1960s to the 1980s and it took its toll in San Antonio’s West Side barrios. A UTSA graduate research student dove into this lesser-known piece of the city's history and discovered the community effort that helped barrio youth find a path to addiction recovery.

As the government primarily focuses its efforts and resources on fighting the nation's ongoing opioid crisis, methamphetamine has reemerged as a growing…

The Bexar County Opioid Implementation Task Force will begin drafting plans today to implement the state's first needle exchange program as part of a…