Alcohol plays an outsize role in firearm fatalities. An estimated one in three individuals who committed homicide with a firearm had been heavily drinking when they murdered their victims. More than 30 percent of gun homicide victims had been heavily drinking when they were killed, and a quarter of Alcohol plays an outsize role in firearm fatalities. An estimated one in three individuals who committed homicide with a firearm had been heavily drinking when they murdered their victims. More than 30 percent of gun homicide victims had been heavily drinking when they were killed, and a quarter of 
Austin Public Health (APH) has published a 
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“She made one mistake. But because fentanyl is so deadly, that mistake cost her her life,” said Ryan Vaughn, whose daughter, Sienna, was just 16 years old when she died of an overdose after unknowingly ingesting fentanyl. The cheerleader and high school junior had just finished enjoying a barbecue at 
