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Florida schools could soon come equipped with the drug that reverses heroin overdoses.
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Schools could soon stock up on naloxone --- an antidote for people who overdose on opioids, such as heroin --- under a proposal unanimously approved by…
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A group of state attorneys general negotiating with members of the Sackler family says they expect Purdue Pharma to file for bankruptcy "imminently," according to an email obtained by NPR.
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Wednesday, the White House announced the federal government will be cracking down on international fentanyl trafficking. Fentanyl is a pain reliever used…
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Duval County has the highest per capita heroin and fentanyl related death rate of any county in Florida, but an opioid program is curbing the epidemic...
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A St. Augustine grandmother is charged with manslaughter after authorities say she accidentally gave her grandson a fatal dose of methadone.The St. Johns…
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Once repellent to conservative politicians, needle exchanges are now being endorsed and legalized in Republican-controlled states.At least four…
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The Florida Department of Health will be required to develop and distribute an educational pamphlet regarding the use of non-opioid alternatives to treat…
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The return of methamphetamine is overwhelming police, ERs and treatment centers — especially west of the Mississippi. But, unlike opioid dependency, meth addiction has no reliable treatment.
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A police dog working at a Florida port was given medication used to reverse an overdose after he suffered a reaction from sniffing drugs on a…