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		<title>Lawmakers take aim at opioid crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Negron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa McKinlay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opioid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Senate Appropriations Chair Jack Latvala held a roundtable discussion Tuesday in Palm Beach County with lawmakers, local leaders and public-safety officials to address Florida&#8217;s opioid crisis. Palm Beach County is one of the epicenters of the epidemic. From January through May of this year, the county had 311 opioid overdoses, compared to 258 over the same period in 2016, according to numbers from Latvala&#8217;s office. The county totaled 592 opioid-related deaths in 2016. “This is obviously an issue that is&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senate sends amended version of opioid crackdown bill back to House</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Moline]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Senate approved legislation Wednesday increasing penalties for trafficking in synthetic opioids including fentanyl and carfentanil, The vote was 37-0 to send the measure back to the House. HB 477  targets fentanyl and related substances that, when administered by themselves or in combination with other drugs, can prove deadly, for tougher sentencing. For example, it would add fentanyl and derivatives to the list of Schedule I drugs and provides that trafficking in them resulting in death constitutes murder. An amendment the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florence Snyder: Florida&#8217;s opioid crisis, Part 4 – Showtime at the Kabuki Theater</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence Snyder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sober Homes Task Force]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi finally got around to talking about Florida&#8217;s opioid crisis, the hot air was suffocating. In parts of Florida, opioids have overtaken homicides and DUIs as a cause of very premature and utterly unnecessary death. That is not breaking news to anyone who has been paying even a little attention. In a time when reporters are in short supply, almost every newspaper in Florida has made a noble, front-page attempt to assess&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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