Walton County has the area’s highest opioid deaths. Here’s how officials will try to reduce fatal overdoses:
Walton County has the area’s highest opioid deaths. Here’s how officials will try to reduce fatal overdoses: Steven Saul December 15, 2025 8:45 am 30a, South Walton, Walton County In Brief: The Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved a six-month “Pilot Program” with up to 10 self-standing rescue boxes to tackle the opioid crisis. The program will utilize Naloxone (Narcan), a medicine that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, following a year where 303 overdoses were responded to by emergency services. The Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services will deploy and maintain the boxes at strategic county-owned sites, including the Jail Lobby and proposed park locations, ensuring the life-saving medication is available. This week, the Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved an Overdose Protection Task Force “Pilot Program” designed to fight the opioid crisis in the United States. Holly Holt, Health Officer and Administrator for the Florida Department of Health in Walton County, in her presentation to the BCC said, “[The Task Force] is asking the BCC to authorize a six-month pilot project with up to 10 ‘self-standing pilot boxes’ at county owned sites, and to direct staff to work with Walton County Overdose Prevention Task Force to identify county owned locations to place Naloxone (also known as Narcan) in these rescue boxes. What is Naloxone or Narcan? “Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist, which means the drug attaches to the opioid receptors and reverses and blocks the effects of other...
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