Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

Williamson County commissioners have voted to expand the alcohol sales buffer zone around churches, schools and hospitals.  In Texas, the typical buffer zone is 300 feet past the property line, but state law allows it to be expanded to 1000 feet, or about the length of three football fields.  The … Continue to full story .......

More than $4,000-worth of THC vape cartridges was allegedly at the center of Travis County’s first homicide of 2026, according to an arrest affidavit filed on Jan. 15 by a Travis County Sheriff’s Office detective. The fatal shooting happened on Jan. 7, shortly before midnight, at a gas station near … Continue to full story .......

Hays County District Attorney announced that 29-year-old Izaiah Vela was sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child, and evidence showed the defendant repeatedly sold fentanyl pills to high school students in Hays County, including to a 15-year-old high school sophomore who died in 2023.

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Opioid use disorder among young people is a serious but often overlooked issue in the United States. In a national 2023 survey, 1.3% of kids between the ages of 12 and 17 reported an opioid use disorder. While 1.3% might not sound like a lot, it represents around 342,000 … Continue to full story .......

New research indicates a significant shift in the fentanyl crisis, with a major disruption in the illegal fentanyl market possibly linked to actions by the Chinese government which may have contributed to a sharp decline in overdose deaths in the U.S. and Canada starting in mid-2023 and continuing into … Continue to full story .......