Fort Lauderdale Tops Florida Cities In Number Of Fentanyl-Related Deaths

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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released a study that showed drug-related deaths accrued by 17 percent successful 2020 and the Fort Lauderdale country topped the database of fentanyl related deaths.

Here are determination numbers of deaths successful which the almighty synthetic opioid fentanyl was recovered successful the bodies of the radical who died. In immoderate cases fentanyl was the lone cause found; successful many, fentanyl was recovered successful operation with different drugs. The study presents the numbers by the state’s medical-examiner districts:

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— District 17 (Fort Lauderdale area): 642

— District 15 (West Palm Beach area): 634

—District 6 (St. Petersburg area): 591

— District 4 (Jacksonville area): 588

— District 9 (Orlando area): 405

— District 13 (Tampa area): 339

— District 11 (Miami area): 334

— District 7 (Daytona Beach area): 301

— District 21 (Fort Myers area): 288

— District 18 (Melbourne area): 279

— District 12 (Sarasota area): 224

— District 5 (Leesburg area): 213

— District 1 (Pensacola area): 199

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— District 19 (Fort Pierce area): 158

— District 10 (Lakeland area): 134

— District 25 (Kissimmee area): 98

— District 23 (St. Augustine area): 77

— District 20 (Naples area): 76

— District 8 (Gainesville area): 51

— District 14 (Panama City area): 48

— District 24 (Sanford area): 45

— District 2 (Tallahassee area): 29

— District 22 (Port Charlotte area): 26

— District 3 (Live Oak area): 15

— District 16 (Florida Keys area): 12

Source: Florida Department of Law Enforcement

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