Now to the opioid crisis. The Substance Abuse task force is considering a number of hills to battle the growing heroin epidemic. Jc heather is here with the options. Reporter there seems to be a growing consensus that the penalties need to be increased along with better monitoring of prescriptions for opioids. The task force held the final meeting today. The new witness was the head of the New Hampshire state police. He says Law Enforcement is trying new tactics to deal with the problem, including a mobile enforcement team. They also heard about a Program Designed to keep addicts out of the criminal justice system. We see anywhere from 800 and hundred people a year in our programs, and that is because Law Enforcement understands addiction out here in vervain county, and understands that everybody doesn t want to be addicted. Reporter they are considering several bills for the process, d penalties, requiring drug education, mandating drug monitoring programs, and requiring companies to
The virir from spreading. Good morning to you everybody. Yoyr time right now 5 01. Im eric harryman. Im sheli muniz. Thanks for joining us on this thursday, february 4th morning. What youll notice as you walk out the door, its warm and humid and its florida. South florida. Were loving it. Meteorologist ryayaphillips with a closer look at the forecast. Closer to the weekend, looking great. We do have shakeups coming into the weather pattern. Oneery warm day ahead of us. Get out an enjoy it. Were warm this morning, but also dry. Live first alert doppler looking good. Skies up above partly to mostly cloudy. Our temperatures have not cooled off at all. Talking lower to mid 70s across the twocounty area. 75 in pompano beach. Thats a warm location. 74 in ft. Lauderdale, 73 in miami, 71 into the kendall area. Weve got cloud cover in and out of our skies so far this morning. Much like yesterday, periods of sunshine and cloud cover, but staying dry. Our nextxt front comes in this evening across
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