Jacob OglesMay 3, 2019
7min394
Attorney General Ashley Moody worked closely with lawmakers.
Tag: opioid crisisDebate party at Sports Grill Kendall. Image via AP.
Jacob OglesMay 3, 2019
Ryan NicolApril 18, 2019
3min697
President Donald Trump is also slated to speak at the conference.
Peter SchorschMarch 26, 2019
6min553
Why do we still prefer old fashioned pen and paper prescriptions?
Jacob OglesFebruary 20, 2019
4min582
The James Madison Institute finds no positives from jailing users.
Ryan NicolJanuary 24, 2019
4min574
Nationwide, opioid deaths constituted 68 percent of overdose deaths in 2017.
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 2, 2019
9min515
Some of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis‘ transition advisers are suggesting changes to the way the state administers behavioral health care. A DeSantis brain trust of health care professionals and policy experts spent a great deal of time Wednesday discussing the behavioral-health spectrum, with mental health and substance abuse at the top of their list. These issues fill the backdrop […]
Peter SchorschNovember 19, 2018
9min296
Consider this column an “open letter” of sorts to the Florida Department of Health. First, do no harm. Got that? Though those words are not actually printed in the Hippocratic Oath, but it’s still an important medical axiom. Here’s the deal. The feds recently passed a new law known as “Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 24, 20184min795
Doctors and physician assistants could start facing fines and license revocations for not checking a state prescription drug database before they write a script. The state’s Board of Medicine last week also announced a related rule “to change penalties for prescribing medicinal drugs or controlled substances (that) demonstrates a lack of reasonable skill or safety to […]
Jacob OglesAugust 24, 2018
13min545
Three states already have started to explore how medical marijuana can help opioid users break their addictions. Could Florida be next? “Studies show there’s been a significant reduction in opioid use in states that have medical cannabis programs,” says Todd Beckwith, marketing director for AltMed, which opened its first Florida dispensary in June. Continued research […]
Staff ReportsAugust 6, 20182min331
With a new controlled substances bill having gone into effect last month, the Department of Health Monday announced a new “Take Control” campaign, including a website. The measure (HB 21) “was passed to address the opioid crisis by limiting the risk of overprescribing for acute pain, and it will not impact patients who have established […]