Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

Austin American-Statesman — When Becky Stewart hadn’t heard from her 19-year-old son in several hours, she decided to check on him at his Leander apartment.  But when she got there on March 20, Cameron Stewart wouldn’t answer the door.  Officers found him dead inside and later said he had died … Continue to full story .......

Austin Monthly – Deaths went up in Travis County, too, which ranked fourth among Texas counties for accidental opioid fatalities in 2019. A report from the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance revealed 262 people died of a drug overdose in Travis County the following year, a 36 percent increase. That December, … Continue to full story .......

Jan. 10, 2022 – (KXAN) — A stop to the enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and the end of “no knock” warrants will be on Austin’s May ballot.  Ground Game Texas announced on Monday that the Austin City Clerk’s office has qualified the ballot measure.

Enough signatures were obtained to … Continue to full story .......

Jan. 4, 2022 – NPRAustin –  What if our cars could prevent drunk driving?  The recent infrastructure law included a provision mandating that, in a few years, all new cars must include technology to detect and prevent drunk driving.

Some companies were already racing to figure out how to do … Continue to full story .......

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a year and a half of drug addiction without treatment, Anisa Madero spent her 17th birthday in a rehabilitation facility.  Today, Madero is 20 years old, sober and a community guest specialist at an adult drug treatment program. Her time in treatment as a teen … Continue to full story .......

October 2022 – AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family of University of Texas student and Texas Longhorns linebacker Jake Ehlinger say the 20-year-old’s May death was due to an accidental drug overdose.  In a statement sent Thursday, the Ehlinger family says they learned Jake accidentally overdosed May 6 from what’s believed … Continue to full story .......

Here we are again. Alarm bells are already sounding for the next threat to the health and safety of youth: marijuana edibles. And once again, government not only seems oblivious to it but is doing more to help the marijuana industry than to protect families from being blindsided yet again … Continue to full story .......