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Sharp ‘Disconnect’ Between Providers and Needs In Flagler’s Mental Health and Addiction Landscape

February 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

At the latest forum on mental health and addiction in Flagler and Palm Coast, health providers’s optimism about their work and presence contradicted the dearth of services and access to them that prevails in residents’ experiences.

Opioid-Related Deaths Decline By 34% in Flagler’s 3-County District in 1st Part of 2018

August 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Dr. Deanna Oleske, the assistant medical director at the medical examiner's District 23, which includes Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties. (© FlaglerLive)

The decline is far more pronounced in the Flagler region than in the state, strongly suggesting that the introduction of front-line life-saving measures, combined with stricter state rules on prescription drugs, is having an effect. 

Citing Impact on Education Funding, DeSantis Kills ‘Addiction’ Warning on Lottery Tickets

June 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

For what it's worth. (Rimse Nefert)

Noting potential impacts to money for education, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a controversial bill that sought to require warnings about addiction and caution to play responsibly on the front of all lottery tickets.

Meth In The Morning, Heroin At Night: Inside The Seesaw Struggle of Dual Addiction

June 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

After struggling with addiction to both heroin and meth for decades, Kim got care at a residential treatment program for women — Epiphany Center, in San Francisco. She’s now working and plans to go back to college in the fall. (April Dembosky, KQED))

Researchers who have tracked drug use for decades believe the new meth crisis got a kick-start from the opioid epidemic: Across the country, more and more opioid users say they now use meth as well, up from 19% in 2011 to 34% in 2017.

Judge Perkins on Flagler County’s Drug Court: Celebrating Lives Reclaimed and Empowered

May 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins speaking at Flagler County's drug court graduation in March, when four participants graduated. (c FlaglerLive)

More than 88 percent of Flagler County Drug Court graduates do not reoffend. Since drug court began locally, 175 participants have made it through its rigorous demands, writes Judge Perkins.

A ‘Precedent-Setting’ Suit Puts Opioid Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson On Trial, Starting Today

May 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The trial begins today at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Okla. (Cleveland County)

Johnson & Johnson is accused of overstating the benefits of opioids and understating their risks in marketing campaigns that duped doctors into prescribing the drugs for ailments not approved by regulators.

Suicide Prevention Set To Become Part of Minimum Standard of Care At Addiction Centers

April 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Members of Flagler County's Public Safety Coordinating Council watched a video last year during a discussion on the opioid crisis that included a brief clip showing a medical examiner performing an autopsy on an addiction victim. (c FlaglerLive)

Rising opioids use and rising suicide rates: Suicide prevention advocates have been pushing the addiction treatment community to address the substantial overlap by adopting new standards of care. That starts in June.

A Palm Coast Man’s 5-Year Prison Sentence for Armed Robbery Exposes Intersection of Opioids, Suicide and Crime

April 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Gary Hodges testifying on his own behalf this morning. (c FlaglerLive)

Gary Wayne Hodges, 35, faced life in prison before his sentence for the armed robbery of a Dollar General in Bunnell last year. The judge was lenient, however, because of his history.

Take It From Me: Addiction Doesn’t Start At the Border

February 20, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

'If we want to cut down on our drug problem, we need to cut down on the factors that cause addiction in the first place,' the author writes. (Kevin Karns Family)

As the sister of a brother lost to an opioid overdose, Trump’s claim that we need a border wall in order to keep drugs out is offensive to me on multiple levels. We should treat the root causes of addiction instead.

Discharged, Dismissed: ERs Often Miss Chance To Set Overdose Survivors On ‘Better Path’

February 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

What now? (Jamal Afzal)

It’s an opportunity that’s being missed in emergency rooms everywhere: the next step — a means to divert addicted patients into treatment — remains elusive once an addict is released from an emergency room.

Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin Sales Pitch Downplayed Risks Of Opioid Addiction

August 19, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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More than 1,500 pending civil lawsuits, filed mostly by state and local governments, allege that deceptive marketing claims helped fuel a national epidemic of opioid addiction and thousands of overdose deaths.

In Lawsuit, Pam Bondi Accuses Pill Manufacturers of Causing Opioid Crisis

May 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not scared to take on Big Pharma.

Bondi filed a civil suit accusing five of the nation’s largest opioid manufacturers and four distributors of causing the opioid crisis that is killing an average 15 Floridians daily.

Addiction Drug Vivitrol’s Side Effect: More Overdoses?

April 9, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Researchers suggest people getting Vivitrol shots may be more susceptible to a fatal overdose if they halt the regimen early and resume using opiates.

The Last Weeks of Savannah Deangelis, 23, Who Died Monday From an Opioid Overdose

November 14, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

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Savannah Deangelis of Palm Coast, a Matanzas High graduate, overdosed in late October after being expelled from a recovery program in dubious circumstances after the hurricane.

Christian Recovery House for Addicts Wins Legal Battle, Costing Bunnell $500,000

September 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The settlement agreement after an 18-month fight clears the way for Open Door Ministry to run a 12-bed residential program for drug and alcohol addicts on East Booe Street in Bunnell.

Florida Teens’ Taste for E-Cigarettes Now More than Double That of Tobacco Sticks

September 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Some 6.9 percent of Florida high-school students smoke cigarettes, but 15.8 percent use electronic cigarettes, which allow inhalation of vaporized nicotine.

Heroin Overdoses Spike After Florida
Cracks Down on Prescription Pill Abuse

January 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Five years ago, Florida was the prescription drug capital of the U.S. Seven people died every day from overdoses. The state cracked down, but this year, heroin overdose deaths are expected to be double those number four years before.

Jane Carman, Wife of Sheriff’s Palm Coast Precinct Commander, Found Dead at Her Home

June 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jane Carman, the 56-year-old wife of Mark Carman, commander of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Palm Coast precinct, was found dead on a bedroom floor at her home Sunday morning. The cause of death was attributed to aspiration, or choking, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s report.

Bunnell Planning Board Approves Ordinance Targeting Bible Half-Way House For Addicts

June 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Bunnell board’s unanimous decision, if ratified by the Bunnell City Commission, would likely prevent the half-way house from opening its doors, but the city and the targeted ministry are locked in a federal legal battle which the proposed ordinance could exacerbate.

No Money, No Director: Flagler Youth Coalition Struggles for Survival and Identity

March 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Created to fight youth drug abuse, the Focus on Flagler Youth Coalition is out of money, has had no executive director since last year, and its non-profit status may be in jeopardy. Coalition board members are exploring survival options.

Room for Debate: Do You Let Your Teen Drink At Home?

March 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A new study shows that 5.9 percent of adolescents 12 to 14 drank at home in the past month, almost half of them getting their drink from family. Do you let your teen drink in hopes of teaching responsibility?

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