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A state licensing board continues to grapple with how best to address mental-health issues and substance abuse among medical students and physicians...
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Pasco County has consistently ranked among the hardest hit areas of Florida throughout the opioid crisis.But county substance abuse and mental health…
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Florida's Office of Drug Control will be re-established in the governor's office and a state task force on drug abuse will be set up to provide a...
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Women are drinking more heavily, and alcohol is behind a growing number of their deaths, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal health data ...
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The newest chairman of the committee that looks at children and elder affair issues is outlining some of his top priorities for the 2017 legislative...
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Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed two bills that are expected to help people get mental-health or substance-abuse treatment and make it easier for...
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Miami Judge Steve Leifman, a widely recognized authority on substance-abuse and mental-health issues in the criminal-justice system, closely watched two...
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The Orange County Heroin Task Force unanimously approved a plan Monday to combat Central Florida’s growing heroin problem.
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More veterans could soon be able to access an alternative court system. Prisons are often called Florida’s largest mental health system – as many as 125...
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Florida lawmakers are looking into reforms related to mental health and substance abuse issues and how it relates to the state’s child welfare system.