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Payouts will be spread over the next 18 years, with much of the funding going to help communities struggling with high rates of opioid addiction and overdose deaths.
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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that overdose deaths last year increased nearly 30% across the country. In Florida, the rate increased more than 37%.
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Project Opioid Broward is getting business leaders involved with the fight against opioid abuse and death in Broward County, much like the Broward Business Council On Homelessness formed in 2018.
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More than 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year, according to new CDC data. Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids accounted primarily for the rise, which the pandemic exacerbated.
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Under a bankruptcy procedure prohibited by courts in part of the country, the Sacklers could be sheltered from opioid lawsuits even without declaring bankruptcy. Some states are crying foul.
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A non-profit syringe needle exchange program in Palm Beach County says the pandemic has played a role in the spike in drug overdose deaths.
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The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and suicide attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready.
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Advocates say disruptions in care, job loss and increased stress and isolation due to the pandemic are fueling substance abuse problems.
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A new Florida program to help people addicted to opioids is getting $5 million.
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From medical professionals to law enforcement to recovering addicts, the opioid crisis has affected people from all walks of life. At a University of...
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Medicine cabinets at Florida schools could get a new addition: an antidote for people who overdose on opioids such as heroin.
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Monroe County led the state last year in the rate of deaths by motor vehicle accidents and suicides.That's according to the annual report from the Medical…