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Drugs
Money OK’d for Florida National Guard drug program
A joint House and Senate committee freed up $335,000 for a headquarters facility for a Florida National Guard program targeting illegal drugs.
The Opinion Of Dr. Binoy Kampmark. The Real Tony Montana(s)?
The learned Dr. Binoy Kampmark, senior lecturer at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia is a frequent and welcome contributor to Life Elsewhere. His regular commentaries for CounterPunch are often the raison d’être to invite the...
Florida sues a Tallahassee business over hallucinogenic mushroom information
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services filed a lawsuit over products with a mushroom that can be hallucinogenic.
Pete and Colleen Sessa discuss cannabis and psychedelics ahead of St. Pete’s Cannadelic Summer
Pete and Colleen Sessa are co-founders of the Florida Cannabis Coalition, which is organizing Cannadelic Summer in St. Petersburg, Florida on Saturday, July 15 (full disclosure: Ray Roa’s employer, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay is also...
U.S Representative calls for action at local hospital amid nation’s drug shortages
Listen: Prescription drug shortages reached a five-year peak at the end of last year. Now, a Tampa congress member joined medical professionals at a local hospital Thursday to call for change. Congress member Kathy Castor...
A Conversation With Jason Yamas
After Jason’s world falls apart in LA, he moves to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction has exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within...
At least two Tampa Bay area departments of health are offering free Naloxone (Narcan) nasal spray kits to help prevent overdose deaths.
How to safely get rid of your unwanted prescription drugs
If you have old or unneeded prescription drugs in your house you want to get rid of safely and legally, you have lots of options this weekend.
A multi-pronged approach to the fentanyl epidemic
In the heat of the current fentanyl epidemic, an average of 30 people die from drug overdoses every week in the Tampa Bay Region. Jennifer Webb, executive director of Live Tampa Bay, joined WaveMakers to...
“Suicide Awareness and Prevention” on Morning Energy
September is National Suicide Prevention Month in United States. September was first declared as National Suicide Prevention Month in 2008. Throughout the month many mental health organizations along with mental health professionals focus on raising awareness about the stigma surrounding suicide. Additionally,...
MidPoint: Sen. Jeff Brandes On Florida Politics & Policies
Libertarian Sen. Jeff Brandes, the most interesting Republican in Florida politics, is leaving the Florida Senate due to term limits. He joined us to discuss his passion for policy over politics, and his post-office plans...
MidPoint: Psychedelics for mental health
Depression and anxiety seem to be a prevailing mood among the masses, and the clinical diagnosis and treatment of such mental illnesses still leave much to be desired. Adverse side effects from prescription medication and...
