opioids

Law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics can apply to get free naloxone at select Walmart pharmacies in Florida.

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits seeking damages from the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company over its past work in helping market opioids.

Naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is available throughout Florida.

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.

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.

Walgreens was the 12th and final defendant in the state's legal battle against opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmaceutical companies it holds responsible for the epidemic.

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