With so many other bad things going on in the news, it is sometimes easy to forget that the United States is in the throes of a drug abuse epidemic, but the citizens of Austin, Texas, were jolted back to that realization last week when a mass overdose incident left multiple people dead.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services officials reported that an incredible 71 overdose cases were reported last week, 37 on Monday, 27 on Tuesday another seven on Wednesday, according to KXAN-TV in Austin.
Officials said at least eight of those overdoes cases were “opiate-related.”
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“It is apparent there is a deadly batch of illicit narcotics in our community,” Austin Assistant Police Chief Eric Fitzgerald said during a news conference on Tuesday, according to
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