Citing an “immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare,” Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday issued an emergency rule banning a “highly addictive”
Tag: Opioid Epidemic
South Florida mothers remember children lost to overdose on International Overdose Awareness Day
FORT LAUDERDALE — Last year, 107,543 Americans died from overdoses, reported the Centers for Disease Control. Of those deaths, more than 74,000 of those deaths
Court: Florida AG can’t block opioid lawsuits by hospital districts, school boards
TALLAHASSEE — A state appeals court Wednesday ruled that Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody could not prevent opioid-epidemic lawsuits filed by hospital districts and school boards
Florida produces Office of Opioid Restoration
$200 million to go to opioid prevention $200 million to go to opioid prevention 00:43 TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced an expansion
Florida leaders announce
TALLAHASSEE – As Florida grapples with nearly 2,000 overdose deaths so far this year, state leaders on Wednesday announced a “massive” effort to address opioid
Florida Gov. DeSantis tackles opioid addiction
TALLAHASSEE – As Florida grapples with nearly 2,000 overdose deaths so far this year, state leaders on Wednesday announced a “massive” effort to address opioid
Florida Attorney General Moody, hospital districts battle over opioid settlements
TALLAHASSEE – Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office this week pushed back against two public hospital districts battling Moody about settlements with pharmaceutical-industry companies over the
Florida’s attorney general wants President Biden to declare fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction”
MIAMI – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants President Joe Biden to declare fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction.” Moody’s request of the president cites