Claim: "Texas remains one of the most severely impacted states from drug trafficking. Nearly 3,000 Texans died from drug related deaths in 2017 – with half being overdoses involving opioids."
Fact-check: Fact-checking John Cornyn on drug trafficking, overdoses
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Madlin Mekelburg
Date published: 2019-06-21T00:00:00