The Brief
- In Hillsborough County, the State Attorney’s Office says fentanyl overdoses dropped 49% in early 2025, but overdose deaths continue to be a persistent problem.
- Lisa Burke lost her stepson and husband within less than a year to fentanyl overdoses.
- Florida law now allows drug dealers to be charged with murder if a victim overdoses from the drugs they were sold.
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa woman is sharing her story after losing her husband and stepson to fentanyl overdoses less than a year apart.
On National Overdose Awareness Day, Lisa Burke hopes that her family’s story will help shed light on the realities of substance addiction.
Hillsborough County overdose reduction
What we know:
According to the State Attorney’s Office in Hillsborough County, there have been 77 fentanyl overdose deaths in the first half of this year.…