Senator John Cornyn joined local leaders and families in Dallas Monday to discuss ways to combat the fentanyl crisis in North Texas.
A new city program is addressing the gap. Dallas Fire Rescue and the Recovery Resource Council partnered to create an Overdose Response Team.
Her organization, LIVEGY, distributes Narcan to businesses and organizations. The medicine can rapidly reverse an overdose.The senator said it will take the continued work of parents and action by leaders at the local, state and national level to address demand for the drug and the supply coming from across the border.
Many of the fentanyl deaths documented in North Texas occurred among young people unaware they took a pill laced with fentanyl.
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