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Three years after a government site launched to connect Americans to treatment, finding addiction care is still a struggle.
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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that overdose deaths last year increased nearly 30% across the country. In Florida, the rate increased more than 37%.
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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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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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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...
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Two synthetic marijuana products -- identified as "Scooby Snax" and "Purple Flake" -- have sent more than two dozen people to the hospital in...