Opioid Crisis: Florida House opioid bill passes final committee

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Read: Opioid dangers force police to abandon drug field tests

[ Osceola County was the first in the state to move forward with a lawsuit against 21 pharmaceutical companies.  ]

[ In Ocala, police said they are fighting the growing heroin and opioid epidemic by creating an amnesty program that could help save lives. There have been 22 overdoses and seven deaths since the year began, police said. ]

The Associated Press contributed to this report.