Fentanyl

The Biden administration is requesting emergency supplemental funding that can help families across America and particularly in Florida.

A president can deploy the military to a foreign country only if there is an “imminent attack” or if it is in the United States’ national interest. Only Congress has the power to declare war.

Seventeen people have been indicted in a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy suspected of bringing thousands of pounds of meth and fentanyl into Central Florida using planes, trains and packages delivered by mail.

Law enforcement officials say they are cracking down on people who sell fentanyl. Despite those efforts, overdose deaths remain high.

Whether xylazine is leading to more deaths — as suggested by officials in Washington — is not yet clear. In fact, some early data suggests the drug may inadvertently be diluting the effects of fentanyl.

The strips have the CDC's support to help prevent overdoses but are technically illegal in some states under drug paraphernalia laws dating back decades. Florida's bill awaits the governor's signature.

Law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics can apply to get free naloxone at select Walmart pharmacies in Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has already signed a controversial law to ban abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, but there are more than a dozen bills related to health care still stacked up for his consideration.

The bill is meant to address fears that dealers are targeting young people with candy-colored fentanyl, but experts say there's little evidence that's happening. They worry more jail time won't solve the state's drug problem.

At a Sarasota news conference, Attorney General Ashley Moody says xylazine is being mixed with other, more common illegal drugs, and being sold to unsuspecting users.

The Pinellas sheriff’s office told county commissioners there have been several incidents in which deputies have been exposed to harmful narcotics. The TruNarc analyzers cost $25,000 each.

Fentanyl is killing people in Florida and across the U.S. in alarming numbers. Researchers may have discovered ways to lessen the drug's deadly effects and save lives.