Prescription-drug overdoses killed nearly 1,270 people in Florida during the first half of this year, according to a statewide report released Thursday. State medical examiners continue to find prescription drugs more often in the bodies of the dead than illicit drugs, documenting the fatal consequences of the nation’s prescription-drug epidemic.
It’s a community that prides itself on being family-friendly and close knit, but many residents in Boca Isles want nothing to do with a potential new neighbor. “It’ll only bring more crime to the neighborhood,” said Carletta Nonziato Murphy who has called Boca Isles home for the past 5 years.
NORTH PORT – Overdose deaths in North Port have doubled since 2008, an alarming trend in the city that is part of a countywide trend placing Southwest Florida ahead of the state as a whole for prescription drug fatalities.
Bruce Holloway was turning into his driveway in Mount Juliet, Tenn., in April 2009, when he was struck and killed by Brian Duffey. Duffey was driving 80 mph with alcohol and painkillers in his system, according to police and court records.