Jacob OglesMarch 28, 2023
4min0
Funds will be set up for service centers, overdose treatment and efforts to take fentanyl off the streets.
Tag: Florida’s opioid crisis
Jacob OglesMarch 28, 2023
Kelly HayesNovember 9, 2020
4min501
This legislation builds on Castor’s Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act, which was signed into law in 2018.
Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2017
6min195
Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto and Rep. Jim Boyd, both Republicans representing southwest Florida, will file bills today to combat opioid abuse in the Sunshine State by limiting first-time painkiller prescriptions to a three-day supply. The proposal mirrors one Gov. Rick Scott made earlier this year and is also similar to a proposal backed by a drug manufacturers […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 28, 2017
4min320
Gov. Rick Scott and other elected officials said this week they would look to combat the opioid epidemic plaguing Florida by limiting first-time pain pill prescriptions to a three day supply, and Wednesday the CEO of a major drug manufacturer trade group said he was on board with a similar plan. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers […]
Michael MolineMay 5, 2017
4min219
The Senate changed its mind Friday and accepted mandatory-minimum prison sentences in a bill cracking down on synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and carfentanil. Senators had stripped the provision earlier in the week, but the House refused to abandon mandatory sentences and sent the bill back. Senate President Joe Negron initially ruled that Sen. Greg Steube’s […]
Florence SnyderApril 6, 2017
3min339
Boca Raton, the plastic surgery capital of the world and a nice place to be from, is doing something right with its kids. Located in south Palm Beach County, just minutes away from Ground Zero in Florida’s opioid crisis, Boca Raton is America’s City Most Likely to Be Mispronounced by Late Night Comedians and Out […]