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January 22, 2019

AG Pax­ton Launch­es New Dose of Real­i­ty Web­site to Edu­cate Tex­ans About the Dan­gers of Opi­oid Abuse

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About KEN PAXTON

About KEN PAXTON

Ken Paxton is the 51st Attorney General of Texas. He was elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn into office on January 5, 2015.

As the state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Paxton leads more than 4,000 employees in 38 divisions and 117 offices around Texas. That includes nearly 750 attorneys, who handle more than 30,000 cases annually.

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