LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) – KGNS spoke with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Roots Recovery Center on their role in decreasing the amount of opioid-related overdose deaths.
By the end of 2024, the City of Laredo saw a 50% drop in overdose deaths. The Detoxification Director at Roots Recovery Center, Viviana Martinez, has seen the faces of addiction and their recovery firsthand.
“I was at the grocery store and this gentleman ran towards me and hugged me, and I thought, ‘What’s going on?’ It was out of the blue. Turns out, it was a former patient, and he was letting me know that he was doing good and that he was working,” Martinez said…