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By Christine Sexton / News Service of Florida The number of drug-related deaths in Florida, including those caused by opioids, declined in the first six...
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Fentanyl and carfentanil can kill first responders if they come in contact with them while responding to a drug overdose.
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Florida’s law enforcement, emergency and mental health workers are struggling to cope with a rising tide of opioid overdoses. Lawmakers are looking for...
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Law enforcement officials are warning of a deadly new drug hitting South Florida streets called “grey death.”
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According to official records, more than 1,000 people in South Florida overdosed last year on opioids including heroin and carfentanil -- a drug so...
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Both prescription and illegal opioids are driving a national spike in overdose deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control, they were involved...
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The man had just risen from the dead. He’s in his mid-20’s. Sitting on a couch in a house in Delray Beach. Pale as a ghost, sweaty, wide-eyed,...
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In July 2015, emergency responders in Manatee County handled more than 200 heroin overdose calls. And the repeat overdose calls alone are nearly three...
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Manatee County, on Florida's west coast, has seen a huge jump in heroin overdoses this year. NPR's Melissa Block talks to Michael Dunn, a fireman in Bradenton who responds to overdose calls daily.
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STORY UPDATE: A companion bill to the Senate's "Florida Opiod Overdose Prevention Act" was filed in the House Feb 16. The House bill is co-sponsored by...
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For more than 40 years, there’s been a drug that can stop a heroin overdose in its tracks, if someone gives the drug in time. And it turns out that the...
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Bill Gettle has been on the brink of death from a heroin overdose more than once. Three years ago he overdosed and had to be revived with a reversal...