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Pasco County agencies pushing for progress in fight against opioid crisis: 'We still have a long way to go'

A Pasco County alliance made up of community resources is helping combat opioid and fentanyl addiction through proactive and reactive measures.

BayCare gets $3.6M from Pasco opioid settlement to open behavioral urgent care center

Pasco awards $8 million from drug settlement to local recovery efforts

BayCare Behavioral Health got the top award to provide an urgent care center.

Fentanyl Test strips now legal in Florida

In fact, according to the CDC, over 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses and poisonings from 2021 to 2022.

Pasco County to use settlement money to launch fund to combat opioid crisis

Numbers from Pasco County Sheriff’s Office show there has been a total of 438 overdoses from opioids this year, 98 of them were fatal. Community organizations plan to use grants to address treatment, prevention and recovery for those who are affected by the opioid crisis.