opioids

Officials say the pandemic and dealers who mix fentanyl with other drugs have contributed to the increase in overdose deaths in Florida.

Nearly half of former National Football League players who used opioids in 2010 continue to use them today, and nearly 60% of them experience moderate to…

Duval County saw a 25% increase in overdose 911 calls from mid-March until now, year over year.In response to the spike, the county is giving out free…

The Florida Department of Health will be required to develop and distribute an educational pamphlet regarding the use of non-opioid alternatives to treat…

Over the last couple of decades, the opioid epidemic has hit the U.S. hard in a series of waves.Wave one began in 1991 when deaths involving opioids…

About one in four Florida health care providers failed to take a two-hour continuing education course on proper opioid prescribing by the required Jan. 31…

Florida lawmakers continue to respond to the state’s opioid epidemic, with Rep. Joe Geller, D-Aventura, filing a bill Tuesday that, among other things,…

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson was in Jacksonville on Wednesday, two days after the Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill aimed at fighting the nation’s…

The Florida Blue Foundation recently announced that it will be giving a three-year, $2-million grant to Jacksonville-based LSF Health Systems to fund a…

As Jacksonville city leaders are set to consider expanding an opioid pilot program for those already addicted, St. Vincent’s HealthCare is expanding…