Fentanyl

Ashley Moody is warning parents about the opioid after an alarming report found that children younger than 14 are dying of fentanyl poisoning at a faster rate than any other age group.

FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass says the epidemic is exacerbated by counterfeit versions of Adderall, Xanax (alprazolam) and other prescription pills.

Attorney General Ashley Moody is offering resources about the dangers of fentanyl. The powerful opioid is turning up in drugs like marijuana.

Like fentanyl, eutylone is often mixed with other drugs so people don't realize they're taking it until it's too late.

The initiative, which includes the first statewide director of opioid recovery, is based on a pilot treatment program in Palm Beach County that state health officials touted as a success.

It's not the only one that’s happened recently, as four West Point cadets overdosed after ingesting Fentanyl that was likely mislabeled as something else.

Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young who says "fentanyl wasn't in our vocabulary," prior to last weekend.

She said the state will increase messaging as part of efforts to prevent future mass overdoses.

It was a deadly weekend involving drugs in Gadsden County. The sheriff’s office handled a spike of fentanyl overdoses, most of them on Friday. Nine people died.

The law could result in methamphetamine dealers facing a death sentence if drugs they distribute kills someone.

The order targeted drugs known as nitazenes, which Moody’s office said have been linked since 2022 to at least 15 deaths in Florida, including five reported by the Pasco-Pinellas medical examiner.

Community activists blitzed beaches and warned spring breakers of a surge in recreational drugs cut with the dangerous synthetic opioid.