November 11 of each year shall be set aside as a legal public holiday to honor our Nation's veterans. There are multiple Veterans in public and low cost housing that have overdosed. I have interviewed multiple veterans and gathered information on housing statistics, drug overdose and gun violence and contacted the Texas Committee on Veterans Affairs, Austin Police Department, CDC, NIH NIDA, NIH OBSSR, my city council representative and other authorities to propose innovations as a SBIR to address issues relating to alcohol/poly substance abuse, fatal motor crashes, gun violence, homeless issues as well quality of life in low cost housing. This blog article details statistics as well emerging technologies that address improving and extending lives for citizens and veterans alike. The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) data indicates there were 39,508 fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States in 2021 in which 42,939 deaths occurred . Fatality Facts 2021 State by state