{"id":1906,"date":"2018-03-05T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newseason.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2022-06-23T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:33:16","slug":"florida-one-of-many-states-to-get-tough-in-tackling-opioid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newseason.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/05\/florida-one-of-many-states-to-get-tough-in-tackling-opioid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"FLORIDA, ONE OF MANY STATES TO GET TOUGH IN TACKLING OPIOID CRISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Florida is pursuing legal action to hold manufacturers and distributors of drugs such as OxyContin and Percocet accountable, as cited in a recent article published in the Orlando Weekly.<\/p>\n<p>The article reveals startling statistics: in 2016, 5,725 deaths were due to an opioid overdose in Florida, marking a 35 percent jump from the previous year. Similarly frightening, more than 4,000 babies were born addicted to opioids in Florida that year, signaling a 1,000 percent jump from just a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The article goes on to state that the \u201cstaggering statistics have put the opioid crisis front and center for many lawmakers and Gov. Rick Scott, who has pushed to spend $53 million during the coming year on substance-abuse treatment, including medication-assisted treatment that pairs prescription drugs with counseling and other services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newseason.com\">New Season<\/a>, headquartered in Central Florida with <a href=\"https:\/\/newseason.com\/clinic-locations\/\">more than 70 treatment centers nationwide<\/a>, is a leading provider of <a href=\"https:\/\/newseason.com\/treatment\/medication-assisted-treatment\/\">medication-assisted treatment<\/a> for patients addicted to opioids.<\/p>\n<p>New Season fosters a compassionate and individually-tailored plan for each patient\u2019s recovery that includes a balance of treatment medication such as methadone with counseling and life planning sessions. The organization\u2019s comprehensive clinical approach to treatment hails a 90% success rate of people overcoming their addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is among the key players in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/attorney-general-sessions-announces-new-prescription-interdiction-litigation-task-force\">national movement<\/a> to combat the opioid crisis, in which funding for medication-assisted treatment proves to offer the surest path to recovery for patients addicted to opioids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Florida is pursuing legal action to hold manufacturers and distributors of drugs such as OxyContin and Percocet accountable, as cited in a recent article published in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,22],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Florida Cracking Down On The Opioid Crisis - New Season Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Florida is cracking down on manufacturers and distributors of drugs such as OxyContin and Percocet. 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