Fentanyl Hits Florida Hard and Other Observations from New Data on the Opioid Epidemic in the State
• The rate of illicit drug overdose deaths increased by more than 1400 percent since the beginning of the decade.
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• The rate of illicit drug overdose deaths increased by more than 1400 percent since the beginning of the decade.
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• The National Institute of Drug Abuse found 115 people die from opioid abuse every day in the United States.
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• Economist Juliette Cubanksi says the merger might be balanced out by other factors that are new to the Medicare market in 2019.
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• A bill aimed at curbing the opioid crisis passed in the Senate earlier this week. The Opioid Crisis Response Act would limit the availability of these drugs.
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• A support program for people with mental illnesses who are jailed on minor offenses might be coming to Orange County. Orange County Commissioners will discuss a pilot program this morning.
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• 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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• A new law places limits on controlled substances including opioids that can be prescribed by doctors in Florida. The law is meant to curb the opioid crisis, but some doctors are skeptical.
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