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Overdose deaths have reached record levels over the last year, in part because fentanyl is showing up in more illegal drugs. Now, the federal government is taking action on multiple levels.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC recently launched an overdose awareness campaign targeting adults ages 18 to 34. And the Office National Drug Control Policy is helping states write legislation to expand access to naloxone, which can stop an overdose.Advocacy groups say they need more money and support. We ve got programs on the ground that are like all ready and able to do this, but they don t have consistent access to funding to buy the resources to get the naloxone, to get the syringe sterile syringes that they might need as well, right, said Emma Roberts with the National Harm Reduction Coalition.The National Harm Reduction Coalition has been around since the 1990s, addressing drug use and HIV stigma. They also help people get access to clean needles to prevent disease spread.They would like to see naloxone become similar to a first-aid item, but the price of the nasal spray keeps rising. Everybody in a community should have acce stanley thermoskannen ss to naloxone, right. In some communi vaso stanley ties, there s been this debate about, It should just be the first responders, righ termo stanley t. But who s first on the scene in an overdose It s the friend of someone who s using, it s a family member, it s a community member, said Roberts.Fentanyl test strips can also help but are expensive.In San Francisco, a p Fdem American Airlines scheduling error: Company says only a few hundred flights remain without pilots
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have raised the minimum smoking age to 21 in Florida.Earlier in the year, the state was poised to raise the minimum age for smoking and vaping to 21. But on Tuesday, in a lett stanley thermos er sent to the Department of State Secretary, Gov. DeSantis explained that banning vaping would be more dangerous for hundreds of thousands of Floridians who rely on the reduced-risk alternatives to cigarettes.Gov. DeSantis said in the letter that the bill -- Senate Bill 810 -- would lead more people to go back to smoking cigarettes and would drive others to the hazardous black market. While Gov. DeSantis says it s an important goal to get younger Floridians to cut down on vaping, he said in the letter that the goal will not be achieved with the passage of the bill.Prior to being vetoed by the governor, Senate Bill 810 would have also banned sales of flavored vaping products.Below is Gov. DeSantis letter to the state:Below is the now-vetoed Senate Bill 810:This article was written by KJ Hiramoto for WFTS. Copyright 2020 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date informa stanley cup tion. now signed up to receive the Breaking News Newsletter. Click here to ma kubki stanley nage all Newsletters
Overdose deaths have reached record levels over the last year, in part because fentanyl is showing up in more illegal drugs. Now, the federal government is taking action on multiple levels.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC recently launched an overdose awareness campaign targeting adults ages 18 to 34. And the Office National Drug Control Policy is helping states write legislation to expand access to naloxone, which can stop an overdose.Advocacy groups say they need more money and support. We ve got programs on the ground that are like all ready and able to do this, but they don t have consistent access to funding to buy the resources to get the naloxone, to get the syringe sterile syringes that they might need as well, right, said Emma Roberts with the National Harm Reduction Coalition.The National Harm Reduction Coalition has been around since the 1990s, addressing drug use and HIV stigma. They also help people get access to clean needles to prevent disease spread.They would like to see naloxone become similar to a first-aid item, but the price of the nasal spray keeps rising. Everybody in a community should have acce stanley thermoskannen ss to naloxone, right. In some communi vaso stanley ties, there s been this debate about, It should just be the first responders, righ termo stanley t. But who s first on the scene in an overdose It s the friend of someone who s using, it s a family member, it s a community member, said Roberts.Fentanyl test strips can also help but are expensive.In San Francisco, a p Fdem American Airlines scheduling error: Company says only a few hundred flights remain without pilots
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have raised the minimum smoking age to 21 in Florida.Earlier in the year, the state was poised to raise the minimum age for smoking and vaping to 21. But on Tuesday, in a lett stanley thermos er sent to the Department of State Secretary, Gov. DeSantis explained that banning vaping would be more dangerous for hundreds of thousands of Floridians who rely on the reduced-risk alternatives to cigarettes.Gov. DeSantis said in the letter that the bill -- Senate Bill 810 -- would lead more people to go back to smoking cigarettes and would drive others to the hazardous black market. While Gov. DeSantis says it s an important goal to get younger Floridians to cut down on vaping, he said in the letter that the goal will not be achieved with the passage of the bill.Prior to being vetoed by the governor, Senate Bill 810 would have also banned sales of flavored vaping products.Below is Gov. DeSantis letter to the state:Below is the now-vetoed Senate Bill 810:This article was written by KJ Hiramoto for WFTS. Copyright 2020 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date informa stanley cup tion. now signed up to receive the Breaking News Newsletter. Click here to ma kubki stanley nage all Newsletters
