By Paul Waldmiller
Did you know that Florida’s overall death from overdoses dropped, but some lethal drugs are on the rise?
In 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis implemented programs in 12 counties to lower Fentanyl deaths. Those counties witnessed a drop in overdose deaths, but all the remaining counties outside the twelve, seen an actual increase.
Specific to Fentanyl related use, overdoses killed 6,466 people here in Florida. That was an increase of 81 more deaths from the year previous. This, according to a report from the Florida examiners released on January 25 2024
The 2022 report was not released until January of this year as DeSantis was campaigning for the presidential race as a Republican party candidate. The full Florida medical examiners’ final report showed 3% overall drop in overdose deaths, but an actual rise in Fentanyl overdose deaths during Ron DeSanti’s run for president.
In total across America during 2022, more that 100,000 Americans died of drug doses according to the CDC, mostly due to Fentanyl drug use.