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Law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics can apply to get free naloxone at select Walmart pharmacies in Florida.
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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.
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Naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is available throughout Florida.
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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.
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The availability of lethal fentanyl has increased the overdose danger and the need for more antidotes to save lives.
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Like fentanyl, eutylone is often mixed with other drugs so people don't realize they're taking it until it's too late.
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Overdoses linked to fentanyl are rising exponentially in Florida, according to the state department of health.
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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.
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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.
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With opioids claiming 21 lives a day in Florida, Attorney General Ashley Moody has issued an emergency rule to outlaw eight synthetic drugs.