The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity will receive nearly $3 million from Bowling Green State University to settle its lawsuit. Foltz died of alcohol poisoning in March 2021 after a fraternity initiation event where there was a tradition of new members finishing
During the summer of 2022, the communities in Hays CISD began to see an increase in overdoses, poisonings, and deaths related to fentanyl. www.forever15project.org tells the stories of four Hays CISD students who died from fentanyl in 2022. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl is often the ingredient used in counterfeit pills purchased … Continue to full story .......
Just one week into 2023 and a Hays CISD student is dead from a fentanyl overdose. The Hays County Sheriff’s Office told KXAN it happened on Jan. 2. The news comes as a fentanyl awareness billboard was unveiled next to I-35 in Kyle. It shows three Hays CISD students who … Continue to full story .......
CDC data shows that between July 2019 and September 2021, middle school and high school aged children in the U.S. reported using less illicit substances in 2020. However, there was a 94% increase in overdose deaths within the same group during that period of time, and a 20% increase from
Annual National Survey on Drug Use and HealthKey findings show that among people aged 12 or older in 2021, 61.2 million people (or 21.9% of the population) used illicit drugs in the past year. The most commonly used illicit drug was marijuana, which 52.5 million people used. Nearly 2 in
Alcohol poisoning is the immediate result of excessive alcohol consumption over a short period. It is estimated that six people die each day from alcohol poisoning in the U,S. Excessive consumption of alcohol decreases brain function and can impact critical functions like breathing, heart rate, and body temperature control. Other … Continue to full story .......
WASHINGTON — A large study by U.S. highway safety regulators found that more than half the people injured or killed in traffic crashes had one or more drugs, or alcohol, in their bloodstreams. Also, just over 54% of injured drivers had drugs or alcohol in their systems, with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
More people are dying from fentanyl-related overdoses in Travis County than ever before, according to new data. They show in the first six months of 2022, there were 118 fentanyl-related overdose deaths, meaning someone died of an overdose and had fentanyl in their system. It’s the exact same number Travis … Continue to full story .......
A quarter of deaths that occur among 20 to 34-year-olds in Texas result from excessive alcohol use, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Nov. 1.
The study determined that excessive alcohol consumption accounted for 25.4% of deaths among 20 to 34-year-olds in Texas … Continue to full story .......
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office reported that last year in Travis County, 308 deaths were reported due to drug toxicity. Of those deaths, 118 were due to fentanyl overdoses. Furthermore, out of those 118 Fentanyl overdoses, 53 were seen between the ages of 14-30. Texas has seen a spike
Just FYI … There’s not a new monster in town this spooky season. The DEA released a warning about “rainbow fentanyl.” But according to a recent NBC interview, “the [DEA] has seen nothing that indicates that the pills will be related to [Halloween] or that drug traffickers are
Over the past few decades, teens have been smoking fewer cigarettes, using fewer drugs, and drinking less than before. However, cannabis use and vaping (both nicotine and cannabis) have been on the rise, especially in the past decade, according to a new study by researchers from Columbia University in New
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