New state council aims to combat opioid crisis
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation into law on Friday to create a Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement within the Department of Children and Families. According to the bill, the agency will be constructed to enhance the development of state and local efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.
The council will be composed of 10 members, including the state Attorney General, appointed by different state agencies and associations. The members will serve two-year terms and advise state and local governments on methods to resolve or remedy the opioid epidemic, review how settlement monies recovered from the opioid litigation have been spent, and work with the Statewide Drug Policy Advis...
