Florida Newspaper Cries Foul Over Handling of Heroin Epidemic

Powerful reporting in today's Palm Beach Post.

In today’s Palm Beach Post, reporters Pat Beall, Lawrence Mower and Christine Stapleton make a number of powerful comparisons about how the matter of rampant heroin addiction is being addressed more seriously elsewhere than it is in their own backyard. Among the article’s targets are Senator Marco Rubio, who missed a related Senate bill vote, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and Florida Governor Rick Scott:

In Massachusetts in 2014, Gov. Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency after the number of overdose deaths from all narcotics in his state had grown by 15 percent from the year before.

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