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Today, I held a roundtable at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami to discuss the opioid crisis plaguing Florida. Participants included members of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Florida Department of Children and Families, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and others.
I’m grateful for the work these community leaders are doing in the struggle against this epidemic plaguing Florida, and it was good to hear directly from them. We discussed the supply of opioids on our streets, the spike in the price of narcan, the drug used to treat overdoses, the impacts of fentanyl and carfentanil, and the lack of resources for treating those addicted to these drugs. We also talked about how important it is for assistance providers to improve coordination so that smart and timely decisions are made regarding treatment.
The federal government has an important role to play in combatting the opioid crisis – including fully funding CARA, passing the STOP Act in this Congress, and aggressive cooperation with our allies abroad to stop its international trafficking. It is also important that state and federal officials work together to determine the most efficient way to combat this crisis. The heroin epidemic has increasingly become a part of everyday life in Florida communities, endangering loved ones, causing vast suffering and heartache, and far too many funerals for people we know. This disease can touch just about anyone, and we must all work together to fight this epidemic.
Photos below courtesy of the office of Senator Marco Rubio.
Background on Senator Rubio’s efforts to address the heroin and opioid epidemic in Florida: