Ken Paxton: “Texas drug overdose deaths have increased more than 75%…”

“Hi, I'm Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. 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.” (00:14–00:21)

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