Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Local Group Waging Battle on Opioid-Related Overdoses KPRC Channel 2 Last weekend in Harris County, they were 11 opioid-related overdoses. Each month, there’s an average of 100 opioid-related overdoses and in 2018 there were 275 deaths. That number is expected...
May 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
In The News Oil and drugs: A toxic mix Houston Chronicle Drillers of all sizes have poured billions of dollars into the prolific Permian Basin this year, rebuilding operations after a two-year oil bust that devastated the region. But for all the economic benefits of...
Nov 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
In The News The Senate’s tax plan would cut alcohol taxes. That would be a public health disaster. Vox | 11/15/2017 While the alcohol industry has been lobbying for tax cuts for years, they are the opposite of what public health researchers and drug policy experts...
Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
In The News For Texan of the Year, I nominate Four Price for revamping mental health care in Texas Dallas Morning News | 11/10/2017 Price, state representative for House District 87 in the Texas Panhandle, spearheaded several pieces of legislation related to mental...
Oct 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
In The News Survey: nearly half of Americans have a family member or close friend who’s been addicted to drugs Vox | 10/31/2017 This is what an epidemic looks like: So many people are exposed to drug addiction that nearly half of Americans have a personal experience...
Oct 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
In The News Rep. Four Price tapped to lead House panel studying opioids, drug abuse Amarillo Globe-News | 10/23/2017 The committee will study the prevalence and impact of substance abuse and substance use disorders in the state during the legislative offseason,...
