While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life as we know it, another public health crisis has quietly reared its head — and Tampa Bay is its epicenter.
According to research commissioned by the Tampa Bay Partnership — a coalition of CEOs and other business leaders focused on regional research, public policy and advocacy — the opioid crisis has undergone a resurgence, with 1,200 Tampa Bay residents dying from opioid abuse in 2020, up from 1,024 in 2019.
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