Opioids in the South Florida

Governor Rick Scott of Florida declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in his state, freeing up over $54 million in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant money to put toward prevention, treatment and recovery services. At times morgues in some counties were at capacity due to the overwhelming numbers of fatal opioid overdoses. In Florida’s most populous county, Miami-Dade, the battle with opioids has only intensified in the last few years. In 2013, 58 people died from an overdose of opioids, a number that jumped almost 300 percent to 229 deaths in 2017. Adults in their mid-20s to early 30s living in Miami Dade make up the 98 percent increase in opioid deaths in 2016 from 2015. Men accounted for 70 percent of all opioid deaths in Miami-Dade in 2016. It also appears that non-Hispanic white males are particularly susceptible to falling victim to the opioid crisis more than three times more likely than Hispanics and four times greater than for non-Hispanic blacks. #RickScott #Florida #OpioidEpidemic #FloridaOpioidCrisis #HealthEmergency #HealthandHumanServices #Recovery #MiamiDade #Addict #Overdose #Rehab #OpioidCrisis #Addiction #Americans #RecoveryIsReal #DrugAddiction #TMBHCENTERS Please Visit Us At   / tmbhcenters