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		<title>Rick Scott declares opioid emergency in Florida</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Opioid State Targeted Response Grant]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rick Scott is declaring a public health emergency across Florida due to the epidemic of heroin and other opioids abuse, addiction, and overdose deaths wracking the Sunshine State. While the governor signed an executive order Wednesday following action by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which declared a national opioid epidemic, it comes months after Democrats and a few others around the state urged him to declare an emergency. Scott&#8217;s order will allow state officials to immediately draw down on&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Oscar Braynon calls for emergency declaration on heroin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Citing reports that heroin and fentanyl overdose deaths and public health costs are exploding in numbers in Florida, Senate Minority Leader Oscar Braynon called Monday for Florida to declare a public health emergency. In a letter, Braynon urged Gov. Rick Scott to have Florida Surgeon General Dr. Celeste Philip to declare the public health emergency, which would give state agencies wider latitude to address the growing problem. His call was made on behalf of the entire Florida Senate Democratic Caucus. Braynon&#8217;s call&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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