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Florida Governor Rick Scott declared the state's opioid epidemic a public health emergency this past Wednesday.
His declaration enables the state to have access to $54 million in US Department of Health and Human Services grant money for recovery, treatment, and prevention services. Along with the declaration, Governor Scott also allowed the state Surgeon General Celeste Philip to begin distributing Naloxone (an overdose antidote) to 1st responders. Quick facts about how Florida has been affected:
Quick thoughts: These are deaths all across the country that don't have to happen, so I support any and every move/measure that's put in place to try and gain control of this epidemic!
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