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As a pilot program to intervene in opioid overdoses in Jacksonville reports continued success, a plan to create a permanent epidemic panel and city...
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The state’s invalidated process for licensing new methadone clinics is delaying help for opioid addicts in rural communities.Many in those communities…
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Manatee County is trying to turn things around for the youngest victims of the opioid epidemic - children. Organizations within the community, such as...
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Jacksonville Fire And Rescue Department Rescue Chief David Castleman said a city-funded opioid-intervention pilot program seems to be working. He...
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As the number of opioid overdoses continues climbing in Northeast Florida, a new clinic focused on battling addiction is opening in Springfield, just...
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In light of a new study that finds non-opioid painkillers are just as effective as opioids in treating certain types of chronic pain, Dr. Ajay Wasan, professor and vice chair for pain medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, answers questions from listeners about opioids and chronic pain.
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The Trump administration has talked about prioritizing the opioid crisis, but states have seen little in the way of new resources. And, in some states, getting into treatment is becoming even harder.
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Addiction specialists and law enforcement officials are pleading with Florida House members to keep funding for an injectable opioid-addiction treatment...
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Florida House members are considering cutting funding for programs that supply patients with a powerful addiction-fighting drug. A Jacksonville...