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Public health officials hope pharmacies will request the drug to have on their shelves. Austin and Travis County officials declared a public health crisis earlier this year after the county saw a record number of accidental overdoses in 2021.
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Researchers will examine brain responses following treatment with psilocybin, a psychedelic derived from certain mushrooms, and 5-MeO-DMT, which comes from toad venom.
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Abbott 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.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is also joining the county's health department and other local law enforcement agencies as part of an overdose task force.
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The National Institutes of Health annually surveys substance abuse among young adults in its Monitoring the Future study.
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The county may declare a public health crisis and is looking into whether it can distribute the lifesaving drug naloxone. Harm-reduction advocates say they called for this type of action last year.
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New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that synthetic opioid use is driving the overdose crisis in the U.S.
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As opioid and other drug overdoses rise in the state, the researchers hope the program will provide a more complete understanding of the state’s overdose crisis and help guide solutions.
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Tuesday's verdict comes as CVS, Walgreens and Walmart face thousands of lawsuits filed by communities across the U.S. The companies say they did nothing wrong dispensing huge quantities of opioids.
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The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.