Drug Overdoses

As an opioid epidemic tightens its grip on towns, cities, counties and states across the country, one Florida law enforcement agency is turning to tech...

A new law to better control sober living homes in the Sunshine State goes into effect Saturday.

Accidental opioid overdoses by first responders are an alarming phenomenon. Now the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is warning police and firefighters to...

Law enforcement officials are warning of a deadly new drug hitting South Florida streets called “grey death.”

Local officials are raising concerns about drug use at hurricane shelters, saying they aren't equipped to care for addicts, unaccompanied minors and...

Florida service providers are wasting no time taking advantage of nearly $30 million in federal money for addressing the opioid epidemic.

COMMENTARY Nine years ago a colleague and I had dinner in Culiacán, Mexico, with local journalist Javier Valdez. At the time, Mexico was locked in of...

Florida’s medical examiners are seeing a precipitous rise in fentanyl deaths. They recently published their interim 2016 report on drug-related fatalities.

Deaths from heroin and fentanyl overdoses have more than doubled in unincorporated Orange County.

The drug overdose epidemic has killed thousands in Florida and Gov. Rick Scott is looking for answers. The state will hold workshops in four counties...

According to official records, more than 1,000 people in South Florida overdosed last year on opioids including heroin and carfentanil -- a drug so...

Authorities say the mother of an 11-year-old Florida girl who was killed after being abducted in 2004 has died of a heroin overdose.Polk County Sheriff…