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Press Releases

2024

May 29, 2024: DOH-Duval to Host Revive Awareness Day

2023

September 6, 2023: Florida Department of Health in Duval County Awarded CDC Grant to Bolster Overdose Prevention

May 12, 2023: Florida Department of Health in Duval County Provides Naloxone at Jacksonville Clinics

February 17, 2023: Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis Announce Plans for $205.7 Million Opioid Settlement Agreement

February 7, 2023: FDOH and DCF Leadership Visit Duval County Core Network

2022

November 22, 2022: Now is Not the Time for the CDC to Relax Opioid Prescription Guidelines 

August 3, 2022: Governor Ron DeSantis Announces New Opioid Recovery Program in Florida

July 15, 2022: State of Florida Deploys Tools to Address Overdose Crisis

May 19, 2022: Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation Cracking Down on Opioid Dealers and Traffickers

2021

April 7, 2021: Federal Grantees May Now Use Funds to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips

2020

February 11, 2020: Florida Department of Health Launches Community Effort in Fight Against Drug Overdose and Opioid Abuse

2019

October 2, 2019: First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces New Funding to Fight Opioid Abuse and Neonatal Syndrome

September 4, 2019: CDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths

2017

September 25, 2017: CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic

Additional Information

Requests for additional information can be made at PreventOverdoseDuval@flhealth.gov.