Description: Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
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WASHINGTON — Texans in Congress are pushing bipartisan legislation to increase access to fentanyl testing strips after a similar effort fizzled in the Texas Legislature earlier this year. The legislation comes after a bill to decriminalize the test strips passed the Texas House but died in the Senate despite support … Continue to full story .......
Deaths from unintentional opioid overdose have risen at an unprecedented rate over the past decade, with extraordinarily broad geographic and sociodemographic reach. Although there has been a significant focus on the opioid epidemic among adults, adolescents and young adults have experienced a greater increase in overdose mortality than the general … Continue to full story .......
“ Although adolescent substance use is a topic that can be challenging for families and clinicians alike, data demonstrate that interventions during this time are effective for preventing, identifying, and reducing risky use.” There are reasons to be optimistic about adolescent substance use given an overall consistent decline in use