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The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and Drug Free Duval are putting on seminars twice a month for treating opioid overdoses. -
Councilman Michael Boylan is preparing legislation that he sees as critical in the battle against disease and drug overdoses. He says reluctant City Council members will be convinced once they see the success around the state. -
![Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," <em>Fentanyl, Inc. </em>author Ben Westhoff says. But miscalculations of the amount used can be deadly.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d6fb80a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2726x1519+0+7/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fgettyimages-609942630_wide-583d689f7ba210217b87149c21b55fc3dff596eb.jpg)
A special committee from the Jacksonville City Council warns that the uptick in overdoses comes from fentanyl-laced products, often leading to death. -
At least 270 people have died from overdoses so far this year in Jacksonville; 271 people had died from an overdose at the same point last year. Dr.… -
A free at-home medication disposal program is looking to address opioid overdoses, which have spiked in Jacksonville and across the country since the… -
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced that beginning May 18th, his local work-from-home executive order will end. The order requires employers to allow… -
Jacksonville has the highest rate of fentanyl-related deaths in the state, according to an annual Florida Department of Law Enforcement report.The Duval… -
A Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department transport unit is often the first stop for who somebody who's overdosed. “They are going to be extremely… -
The number of heroin-related deaths has sharply risen in Northeast Florida recently. Duval County Sheriff Mike Williams and Nassau County Sheriff Bill…
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![Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," <em>Fentanyl, Inc. </em>author Ben Westhoff says. But miscalculations of the amount used can be deadly.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/84035b4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2726x1519+0+7/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fgettyimages-609942630_wide-583d689f7ba210217b87149c21b55fc3dff596eb.jpg)
