Register for Fixing the Florida Shuffle - Next Steps
As county and state policymakers weigh the use of new funding to combat the tragic toll of the opioid epidemic in Florida, The Palm Beach Post will convene a panel of experts to highlight necessary responses to some of the highest numbers of overdose deaths in the nation.
"Fixing the Florida Shuffle – Next Steps," will be the topic of a Palm Beach Post public community forum from 6:15-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Palm Beach State College Lake Worth Beach campus. The discussion will focus on what must happen to end the cycle of recovery, relapse and overdose that has come to be known nationally as the "Florida Shuffle."
Palm Beach Post Investigative Reporter Antigone Barton, who reported "Florida Shuffle: State's failure to oversee addiction treatment leaves patients in deadly danger", will moderate the panel discussion, which will include questions from the audience with:
"Fixing the Florida Shuffle – Next Steps," will be the topic of a Palm Beach Post public community forum from 6:15-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Palm Beach State College Lake Worth Beach campus. The discussion will focus on what must happen to end the cycle of recovery, relapse and overdose that has come to be known nationally as the "Florida Shuffle."
Palm Beach Post Investigative Reporter Antigone Barton, who reported "Florida Shuffle: State's failure to oversee addiction treatment leaves patients in deadly danger", will moderate the panel discussion, which will include questions from the audience with:
- Palm Beach County Chief Deputy State Attorney and Addiction Recovery Task force leader Alan Johnson;
- Health Care District of Palm Beach County Medical Director Dr. Belma Andric;
- Psychiatrist, addiction specialist, treatment center owner and task force member Dr. Robert Moran;
- Amanda Davidson, whose experiences as an addiction treatment patient in Palm Beach County informed "Deadly Danger," a Post investigation into oversight of addiction treatment and the cycle of recovery, relapse and overdose that has come to be known nationally as the "Florida Shuffle."
The event is open to the public. Please register to attend.
Doors open at 5:15PM. Discussion starts promptly at 6:15PM. No one will be allow to enter once the event has started.
Registration for Fixing the Florida Shuffle - Next Steps is currently closed.