North Texas families of fentanyl overdose victims shared their heartbreaking stories of the dangers of the drug. They took part in a discussion Monday with Sen. John Cornyn in North Texas about just how troubling this trend has become.
North Texas families of fentanyl overdose victims shared their heartbreaking stories of the dangers of the drug.
In June, Cornyn introduced legislation to address the fentanyl crisis, which passed the Senate unanimously and would provide critical funding for substance abuse disorder programs.There was heartbreaking testimony from North Texas parents who have lost children to a fentanyl overdose. Kathy Travis found her 25-year-old daughter, Jessica Duke, dead inside her Dallas apartment last year.Last year alone, 1,600 Texans died from a fentanyl overdose.
Nash lived thanks to the medication, Narcan, which every frontline Dallas police officer now carries.
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