Texas is facing a crisis. People in our state are overdosing and dying from fentanyl. Texas drug overdose deaths have increased more than 75% during the past five years alone. Last year, fentanyl poisoning deaths made up nearly 80% of all opioid deaths. Often these tragic deaths are accidental overdoses. Some people may think they are taking a conventional pharmaceutical painkiller. Some may think they are taking another type of drug for recreational use. (00:20–00:26)
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Asserts that fentanyl poisoning accounted for nearly 80% of opioid deaths in Texas last year.
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