ATCEMS: Opioid deaths declining in Travis County for 1st time in nearly a decade

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Opioid-related deaths are declining for the first time in nearly a decade as opiate bridge programming enrollment has increased, Austin-Travis County EMS officials confirmed at the city's Public Safety Commission Monday.ATCEMS Assistant Chief Stephen White said the agency is reporting a "steady decline" in overdoses and opioid-related deaths, on trend with similar figures at the state level."We are seeing a decline, finally," White said Monday. "It has been since 2016 that