drug addiction

Overdose rates were on the rise before the COVID pandemic, but last year's lockdowns exacerbated the issue.

A Jacksonville City Council member says he will introduce legislation to authorize a program for drug users to safely exchange used needles for new ones at no cost.

Pointing to an arbitrary process that “ignores substance in favor of blind luck,” an administrative law judge Thursday rejected a state emergency rule...

Florida officials' first-come, first-served system for dozens of new methadone-treatment licenses resulted in applicants camping out in tents with...

The number of newborns who are physically dependent on drugs in Florida has nearly doubled since 2010, according to The News-Press.