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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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• 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 study published in Pediatrics journal says the number of children hospitalized for opioid overdose doubled nationwide. Deaths from these overdoses decreased.
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• Orange County is receiving a 2 million dollar federal grant aimed at reducing opioid deaths.
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• The opioid epidemic is now a statewide public health emergency. In Orange County alone, heroin overdose deaths have spiked this year.
So what’s driving the opioid epidemic, and with Governor Scott’s emergency declaration, how are health and law enforcement authorities responding? 90.7’s Abe Aboraya joins us along with Carol Burkett from Orange County’s Drug Free office to talk about next steps for combating opioid addiction in Central Florida.
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• Officials from Florida’s health, social service, and law enforcement agencies will meet Tuesday afternoon in Orlando to discuss central Florida’s heroin problem. The meeting is part of several public workshops across the state. They follow Governor Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s renewed commitment last month to tackling opioid abuse in Florida.
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• The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is warning about a surge in heroin overdoses.
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• Deaths from heroin and fentanyl are up in Florida.
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• Law enforcement officers in Orange County will carry an overdose reversal drug by this summer.
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