By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefFlorida physicians, led by doctors in Broward County, dispense 85.3% of the oxycodone sold by doctors across the nation and have helped the state become a major source of prescription drugs for visitors, according to a report by staff for the state House of Representatives released last week.A fiscal analysis attached to House Bill 7095 by the staff of the House Health and Human Services Committee cites a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) report released in 2006 and a 2009 Broward County Grand Jury report. The DEA report indicates that while Fl...
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