In The News Local Harris County Receives More than $2 Million Grant from CDC to Combat Opioid Overdoses KHOU | 11/19/2019 Harris County Public Health received more than $2 million in grant money from the CDC to address opioid overdoses. KHOU shares the success story...
In The News Katy-Area Leaders Eye Better Jail Diversion Programs Community Impact In 2018, mental health professionals at the Harris County jail had nearly 190,000 contacts with individuals with mental illnesses and prescribed psychotropic medication to nearly 30,000...
In The News Harris County DA Stops Prosecuting Drug Cases Involving Minuscule Amounts Houston Press | 9/27/2017 The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has stopped prosecuting cases involving minuscule amounts of drugs — often referred to as “trace...
In The News Texas wages a war on drugs at the border. That might be the wrong place. Texas Tribune | 12/13/2016 The once prevalent zero-tolerance, throw-them-in-prison approach is softening as a growing number of Republicans and Democrats call for treating addiction...
In The News The Harris County DA Invites Law-Breaking Citizens to “Make It Right” Houstonia | 7/18/2016 “A lot of this is poverty-driven,” says Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson. “They get a ticket and they either can eat or pay their fine. So they don’t...
