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Florida Department of Health in Pasco County
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Mailing Address
7509 State Road 52
Hudson, FL
34667
Media Reports:
August 2024: How Tampa Bay is fighting the opioid crisis with free Narcan
February 2023: Gov. DeSantis stops in Destin to announce plans for combating the opioid crisis
November 2022: Candlelight vigil remembers lives lost to addiction, efforts to help others underway in Pasco County
Local Press Releases:
November 2022: The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County Provides Lifesaving Naloxone to Reduce Substance Abuse Deaths
October 2022: FDOH and DCF Leadership Visit Pasco County Core Network
Press Releases:
2022
November 22, 2022: Now is Not the Time for the CDC to Relax Opioid Prescription Guidelines
August 3, 2022: Governor Ron DeSantis Announces New Opioid Recovery Program in Florida
July 15, 2022: State of Florida Deploys Tools to Address Overdose Crisis
May 19, 2022: Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation Cracking Down on Opioid Dealers and Traffickers
2021
April 7, 2021: Federal Grantees May Now Use Funds to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips
2020
December 17, 2020:Overdose Deaths Accelerating During COVID-19
February 11, 2020:Florida Department of Health Launches Community Effort in Fight Against Drug Overdose and Opioid Abuse
2019
October 2, 2019:First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces New Funding to Fight Opioid Abuse and Neonatal Syndrome
September 4, 2019:CDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths
2017
September 25, 2017: CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic
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