Fentanyl overdose looms large on the docket heading into the Texas Legislature’s 89th regular session. One Texas lawmaker is advocating for the decriminalization of fentanyl test strips as part of the solution.

Texas lawmakers passed a law during the 2023 legislative session that allows law enforcement to charge dealers who supply fentanyl resulting in a death with murder.

A Mount Pleasant man was arrested on Thursday after being accused of providing fentanyl that caused the death of two people in 2023. Mount Pleasant Police

The first death came in March 2023 and the second followed the next month. Both deaths were determined to be due to fentanyl.

Researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have detected fentanyl and other drugs in Gulf of Mexico dolphins. How did they get there?

Officers found 1,200 pills in the home of Joe Anthony Garcia. The pills contained approximately 156 grams of fentanyl.

A Central Texas man received a 14-year prison sentence related to the distribution of fentanyl and other illegal controlled substances.

An East Texas man is behind bars after officers reportedly seized 60 counterfeit fentanyl pills and other drugs in Longview home. According to the Longview Police Department, Gregg County Organized Drug Enforcement (CODE) Unit and Longview SWAT team served a search warrant in the 800 block of Sheryl Lane on Friday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday called on Congress to reimburse Texas for its border security operation, Operation Lone Star. Abbott sent letters to the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate and entire Texas congressional delegation requesting the federal government reimburse Texas for more than $11.

Texas State University has received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to combat fentanyl use in Hays County schools.

Slightly more than 20% of dolphins swimming along the Texas Gulf Coast have been exposed to fentanyl, according to a study published last month by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Researchers from TAMU-CC,

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – Fentanyl overdose looms large on the docket heading into the Texas Legislature’s 89th regular session. One Texas lawmaker is advocating for the decriminalization of fentanyl ...