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More illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl are now responsible for drug overdose deaths in the state. Photo: Flickr Creative Commons

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Fentanyl Hits Florida Hard and Other Observations from New Data on the Opioid Epidemic in the State

Monday, October 22, 2018 • The rate of illicit drug overdose deaths increased by more than 1400 percent since the beginning of the decade.
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Fentanyl is deadly if police officers and canine units come in contact with it unknowingly. Photo: Flickr Creative Commons

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First Responders are at Risk Responding to Drug Overdoses Where Fentanyl Could be Present: One UCF Professor has a Solution

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 • Fentanyl could be deadly for first responders-but what if they had a laser shooting gun that could detect these substances beforehand. That’s exactly what UCF’s Dr. Subith Vasu and his team plan on finding out with their design.
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Fentanyl Hits Florida Hard and Other Observations from New Data on the Opioid Epidemic in the State

First Responders are at Risk Responding to Drug Overdoses Where Fentanyl Could be Present: One UCF Professor has a Solution

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