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.

It was a deadly weekend involving drugs in Gadsden County. The sheriff’s office handled a spike of fentanyl overdoses, most of them on Friday. 9 people died.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that increases the punishment for trafficking fentanyl and could lead to dealers facing death sentences or life in prison if methamphetamine they distribute kills someone.

With opioids claiming 21 lives a day in Florida, Attorney General Ashley Moody has issued an emergency rule to outlaw eight synthetic drugs.

Wednesday, the White House announced the federal government will be cracking down on international fentanyl trafficking. Fentanyl is a pain reliever used…