During the height of Florida's pill mill crisis, "as many as 11 people died each day from overdoses and 90 of the country's top 100 most prolific opioid prescription writers called Florida home," according to an editorial titled "Success in fighting pill deaths" in the December 29 edition of the Tampa Bay Times.
A study conducted by Johns Hopkins University showed that besides reducing pill deaths, Florida's "multipronged approach" to getting rid of pill mills has also prevented new addictions. The Times' editorial went on to both praise the state's efforts to save lives, as well as advise that the state should not let up its efforts to protect Floridians from pill mills.
To read the editorial in full, click here.
