Deb Walker, of Chester, Vt., visits the grave of her daughter Brooke Goodwin, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Chester. Goodwin, 23, died in March of 2021 of a fatal overdose of the powerful opioid fentanyl and xylazine. Government data released on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, suggests U.S. overdose deaths have stopped rising in 2022 – a hopeful sign of at least a plateau in a public health crisis that has been worsening for decades. (AP Photo/ Lisa Rathke, File)
Houston Chronicle Here’s how you die: Sitting on a couch and leaning over a coffee table in your living room, you barely have time to…
