{"id":48622,"date":"2022-11-28T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T01:41:11","slug":"texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622","title":{"rendered":"Texas county on pace to double last year’s fentanyl overdose deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Travis County, home to the Texas state capital<\/a> of Austin, is on track to record double the number of fentanyl deaths in 2022 than it did all of last year, Judge Andy Brown said Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fentanyl was detected in nearly two-thirds of all overdose deaths last year, while it was detected in just 38% last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Overdose deaths are a public crisis and together we can do something about it,” Brown said at a press conference. “Fentanyl does not discriminate. It can impact and is impacting all of us.”<\/p>\n

Fentanyl, an opioid up to 50 times more powerful than heroin, has driven the latest phase of the opioid epidemic<\/a> nationwide. It was responsible for 71,238 of the record 107,000 fatal drug overdoses in the United States last year, according to the CDC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown is pushing for Travis County to provide more narcan, a powerful medicine that can reverse opioid overdoses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FENTANYL DRIVES SURGE IN US OVERDOSE DEATHS IN WAKE OF NATION’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Fentanyl test strips, which can allow people to test their drugs to make sure they aren’t cut with the deadly opioid, are currently illegal under Texas state law.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is also asking the state legislature to legalize fentanyl test strips, which people can use to ensure that drugs aren’t cut with the deadly opioid, but are currently criminalized<\/a> in Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fentanyl comes in pill, powder, and liquid form, making it relatively easy for drug dealers to smuggle across the border<\/a> and around the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star last year, more than 352 million lethal doses of fentanyl have been seized at the border.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a Drug Enforcement Agency report<\/a>, the vast majority of fentanyl, and the chemicals used to make it, originates in China. It’s smuggled into the country across the US-Mexico border, which under Biden’s watch has consistently broken records for illegal crossings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-county-pace-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Travis County, home to the Texas state capital of Austin, is on track to record double the number of fentanyl deaths in 2022 than it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-48622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTexas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Travis County, home to the Texas state capital of Austin, is on track to record double the number of fentanyl deaths in 2022 than it […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-29T01:41:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Texas county on pace to double last year’s fentanyl overdose deaths\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-29T01:41:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\",\"name\":\"Texas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-29T01:41:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Texas county on pace to double last year’s fentanyl overdose deaths\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Texas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Texas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths - Wall Street PR","og_description":"Travis County, home to the Texas state capital of Austin, is on track to record double the number of fentanyl deaths in 2022 than it […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2022-11-29T01:41:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Texas county on pace to double last year’s fentanyl overdose deaths","datePublished":"2022-11-29T01:41:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622"},"wordCount":327,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622","name":"Texas county on pace to double last year's fentanyl overdose deaths - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-29T01:41:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/texas-county-on-pace-to-double-last-years-fentanyl-overdose-deaths-48622#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Texas county on pace to double last year’s fentanyl overdose deaths"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48622"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=48622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}