overdose

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.

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A Good Samaritan proposal to protect people coming to the aid of a person experiencing a drug overdose is moving through the Florida Legislature. James…