New Federal Grant Funds NARCAN Distribution in Orange County
• Orange County is receiving a 2 million dollar federal grant aimed at reducing opioid deaths.
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• Orange County is receiving a 2 million dollar federal grant aimed at reducing opioid deaths.
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• Beginning next year, Florida Blue will no longer pay for OxyContin. Instead it will pay for Xtampza ER, a form of pain medication that can’t be crushed and abused.
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• In 2012, Stephanie Muzzy was driving around Orlando looking for the worst neighborhood she could find in search of prescription pills. She didn’t find pills, but the batch of heroin she tried from Lake Downey trailer park plummeted her into the depths of addiction and landed her in the Orange County jail. As the months turned into years, Muzzy was in and out of rehabs in Florida and Nevada, gaining and losing jobs, apartments, cars, cats and boyfriends along the way. Overdose after overdose, Muzzy was able to recover and is currently now on her way to getting better – but the same can’t be said for more than 2,664 Floridians who overdosed on opioids and never woke up during …
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