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Ron DeSantis: “Deaths involving cocaine decreased by 24%.”

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida’s Progress in Reducing Opioid Overdose Deaths

Published | Video Starts at 05:37

And everybody that's been involved in that should be awfully proud to see those figures. Fentanyl remains the leading drug involved in overdose deaths. Yet the report also shows that Deaths involving cocaine decreased by 24%. Meth related deaths fell by more than 31%. So that is also a very, very big deal. When we were really mobilizing against the fentanyl overdose many years ago, you would find people anywhere you look. (05:37–05:42)

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