• More than 90,000 Americans have died since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic from opioid overdose.
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• Nanoscience Technology Center James Hickman says microscopic liver and heart cells are attached to glass chips and then flooded with opioids to simulate the overdose and determine how different organs are affected.
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• These include a statewide task force aimed at reducing overdose deaths.
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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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• Narcan kits will help firefighters respond to suspected overdoses and equip their families and friends to respond to future overdoses.
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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 drug overdose epidemic has killed thousands in Florida and Governor Rick Scott is looking for answers.
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