Prescription Drugs

A new study finds injured workers in Florida are using fewer opioids.

The deadline is approaching for Florida’s governor to sign off on a bill aimed at tracking the use of addictive prescription drugs. Some medical...

A new report from Florida medical examiners finds fentanyl caused more deaths than any other drug in Florida last year.

Florida’s medical examiners are seeing a precipitous rise in fentanyl deaths. They recently published their interim 2016 report on drug-related fatalities.

Governor Rick Scott has declared a Public Health Emergency and directed the state government to act to curb Florida's opioid epidemic.

The Florida House wants to fight opioid addiction by placing new restrictions on how doctors prescribe painkillers.

China is the source of deadly fentanyl that’s fueling an opioid overdose epidemic in South Florida and elsewhere in the United States. That’s the...

New laws kicked in yesterday, and two of them are geared toward prescription drugs. A third law allows banks to designate one location in Florida where…

What can be done to stem the epidemic of opioid overdoses in South Florida?

As rates of prescription painkiller abuse remain stubbornly high, a number of states are attempting to cut off the supply at its source by making it...