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The Scoop: Tues. June 25th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
The state of abortion two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned Monique Shaw is the senior program officer of the Rober Wood Johnson Foundation and she is speaking up about how she feels on...
U.S. and Canada discuss a drug importation plan
U.S. and Canadian officials discussed the Biden administration’s approval of a Florida plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
FDA approves a plan to let Florida import drugs from Canada
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a plan that will allow Florida to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
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.
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.
Pros and cons of pot legalization considered in Tallahassee
Listen: The initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida could appear on next year’s ballot. A conference was held Monday in Tallahassee to discuss the amendment’s potential financial impact on the state. Legalizing recreational marijuana...
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.
“Just Say No” on Morning Energy
Among the many things that the month of June is known for is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which has been observed on June 26th since 1989 in an effort to help...
The U.S. experienced the highest ever combined rates of deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic's first year.
Bad Books, Bad Movies, & Polite Behavior
Since its publication in 1966, Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls has reigned as one of the most influential and beloved pieces of commercial fiction. Selling over thirty-one million copies worldwide, it revolutionized overnight the...
The Chaos & Unknowing Of Contemporary Life on Life Elsewhere
Adam Nemett boldly admits to working on his debut novel, We Can Save Us All for over twelve years. The time it took to finally get his sprawling, ambitious book published is essential to why...
