opioids

A Florida Senator is urging Governor Rick Scott to allocate $20-million in reserve funds to opioid treatment and prevention. Sen. Jack Latvala…

It’s been a tough week for the Florida Highway Patrol. Talk of speeding ticket quotas led to the resignation of a Troop Commander. But, the law…

This week South Carolina decided to sue the maker OxyContin for deceptive marketing.Florida isn’t joining the suit anytime soon, but Attorney General Pam…

A bipartisan panel of Florida lawmakers is reaching out to local agencies to improve the response to Florida’s opioid crisis.In the most recent medical…

States across the country are struggling to hold off a rising tide of opioid abuse and Florida is no exception. But the return of harsh penalties for…

A new law to better control sober living homes in the Sunshine State goes into effect Saturday. The transitional homes used by many substance abuse…

The deadline is approaching for Florida’s governor to sign off on a bill aimed at tracking the use of addictive prescription drugs. Some medical…

Florida service providers are wasting no time taking advantage of nearly $30 million in federal money for addressing the opioid epidemic.State officials…

Florida’s medical examiners are seeing a precipitous rise in fentanyl deaths. They recently published their interim 2016 report on drug-related…

A bill aimed at criminalizing the deadly drug fentanyl is heading to the Senate floor. The measure comes as the Legislature is struggling to respond to…