Fentanyl

The proposal is poised for both the House and Senate floors

Thousands die from opioid overdoses in Florida each year. Research suggests states that haven’t expanded Medicaid coverage are passing up an opportunity to lessen the toll.

Spring break travelers may take drugs, not realizing they're contaminated with the deadly opioid fentanyl. Advocates hope giving businesses Narcan will save lives.

Moody says deaths are rising nationally from a dangerous designer street drug that may also be mixed with fentanyl.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is offering resources about the dangers of fentanyl. The powerful opioid is turning up in drugs like marijuana, unbeknownst to the user.

The availability of lethal fentanyl has increased the overdose danger and the need for more antidotes to save lives.

Like fentanyl, eutylone is often mixed with other drugs so people don't realize they're taking it until it's too late.

Overdoses linked to fentanyl are rising exponentially in Florida, according to the state department of health.

A mass fentanyl overdose event in Gadsden County over the 4th of July weekend is deepening concerns about drug trafficking and the rising cost of drug abuse in the state. Nineteen people overdosed on the drug and nine of them have died. The situation was so alarming it drew the attention of nearly every state agency to the county during a recent roundtable.

Some 19 people recently overdosed on Fentanyl recently in Gadsden County. Six people are confirmed to have died from the drug while it’s suspected to have played a role in another three deaths.