By NATHALIE SCZUBLEWSKI
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Published on August 8, 2017
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LAKE WORTH, Aug. 8, 2017……… Senate Appropriations Chairman Jack Latvala held a roundtable discussion Tuesday in Palm Beach County with lawmakers, local leaders and public-safety officials to address Florida’s opioid crisis.
Palm Beach County is one of the epicenters of the epidemic. From January through May of this year, the county had 311 opioid overdoses, compared to 258 over the same period in 2016, according to numbers from Latvala’s office. The county totaled 592 opioid-related deaths in 2016.
Nathalie Sczublewski 