Travis County opioid drug overdoses on the rise, 2006-2016 data show

An average of 53 deaths, or 42 percent, resulted from using opioids such as heroin, methadone and other narcotics, the data show. ... Between 2000 and 2017, the Texas Poison Center Network received 3,600 calls from Travis County related to opioid exposure, or an average of 200 calls per year, the ...