In the midst of a persistent fight against the opioid crisis affecting Texas communities, including Laredo, local and state leaders are increasingly emphasizing harm reduction strategies to save lives ...

A Senate committee passed a bill Tuesday that would make an exception to the statute to allow tools that test for the presence of certain substances.

In 2024, the 13 Investigates team found fentanyl test strips were freely distributed in some counties but not others because of confusion over state law.

One Texas lawmaker is advocating for the decriminalization of fentanyl test strips as part of the solution. “I filed House Bill 1496, where the goal is to make sure that people can legally ...

Savanna, aimed at expanding access to fentanyl testing strips across Illinois — and later turned into law — has now gone into effect. Getting its start as SB 3350, a bill sponsored by McCombie and ...

Mostly seen on the East Coast in places like Philadelphia, xylazine was created to be used in veterinary offices as a ...

The Harm Reduction Vending Machine is a significant step toward combating the opioid epidemic, said Steuben County Public ...

Dozens of bills that could change policing in Indianapolis and beyond are being proposed this year. Fentanyl test strips, changing the statute of limitations on sex offenses and, as promised, clamping ...

The kits include naloxone, a life-saving drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, and messages of hope from elementary school ...

The Cato Institute, the libertarian think tank, is sending a warning: Further restrictions at the border fuel fentanyl ...