Law enforcement officials can now get Narcan, a powerful mist given to those suspected of a drug overdose, from Walmart.
The announcement was made at a press conference held Thursday afternoon at the Marion County Sheriff’s Office’s Emergency Management building.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody presided over the event, which was attended by local officials including Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken, County Commissioner Michelle Stone, County Administrator Mounir Bouyounes and Marion County Fire Chief James Banta, and gave statistics on how deadly fentanyl is to the state and the nation.
Moody said the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) numbers show that more than 112,000 Floridians were killed from drug overdoses in fiscal year 2021-2022. In the 1980s, when former first lady Nancy Reagan introduced the “Just Say No” campaign, 3,000 Americans died nationwide from drug overdoses.
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