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The New Yorker, Rachel Monroe | Last February, when a teen-age boy died of a fentanyl overdose in Kyle, Texas, south of Austin, local law enforcement hoped that it was …

“I wanted to know what they have done since she’s passed. Because we weren’t hearing really anything from the school. We need to educate the kids, They don’t view pills, …

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a health advisory notifying health care providers of reports that an animal tranquilizer called xylazine has been found mixed with illegal …

(CBS 19) — Texas officials are alerting the public of a highly dangerous drug combination making its way across the Lone Star State. “Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat …

Almost a dozen teens in one Texas school district have overdosed on fentanyl in the past six months – with three dying – as it is revealed that pharmacies in Mexico border towns are …

(The Washington Post) — A 16-year-old Texas girl died of fentanyl poisoning after taking just one pill laced with the opioid, her parents and the teen’s school district announced Wednesday …

(Austin American-Statesman) — Tucker Roe, 19, had graduated from Leander High School, was working in his father’s construction business and planned to compete in his first triathlon. On Sept. 23, …

The Texas Senate passed a “Combating Fentanyl” bill Wednesday that would open the door for state prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with murder. Senate Bill 645, introduced by Sen. Joan Huffman, a …

(ABC 8) — PLANO, Texas — A Plano student died from fentanyl poisoning last month, according to the student’s family and a letter to families from Plano Independent School District officials this …