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Jacksonville City Council passed a bill Tuesday that will put $1.4 million dollars toward a six-month pilot program to help treat opioid addiction .

Ty Hernandez was mending a broken heart when he felt a cold coming on. His mom, Peggy, did the mom thing. “You’ve got to rest and drink fluids.” she...

A bipartisan team of lawmakers has been drafting a bill that would create new sentencing guidelines for people who sell and distribute synthetic opioid drugs blamed for a steep rise in U.S. overdoses.

At a health care conference in Jacksonville Tuesday, Florida’s surgeon general said help is on the way for Duval and other counties dealing with the...

A record number of heroin overdoses in Manatee County has put a strain on families and facilities.Those same overdoses are pushing the limits of the…

Manatee County, on Florida's west coast, is home to more than 300,000 people. It's known for its beaches, and if you go just a short distance inland,…

Two new studies add to the evidence that Florida is making progress against deaths from inappropriate prescribing of opiates since the state cracked down…