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Seminole County sheriff urges tougher penalties for xylazine trafficking, backs license-plate 'flipper' penalties
Summary
Sheriff Dennis Lima told the Seminole County delegation that xylazine — a sedative increasingly found mixed with illicit drugs — requires tougher trafficking penalties because naloxone does not reverse its effects, and he supported bills to designate roads for fallen deputies and to penalize devices that obscure license plates used in crimes.
Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lima told the county's legislative delegation on Jan. 8 that the rising presence of xylazine in illicit drug mixtures presents new challenges for law enforcement and medical responders and that state law should treat trafficking in xylazine with penalties comparable to other controlled substances.
"Xylazine is incredibly dangerous and we've seen local cases of Xylazine being used in various illicit drug mixtures," Lima said, emphasizing that the animal sedative is not responsive to opioid antagonists such as naloxone. "Right now, in the state of Florida, if you are in possession of Xylazine for…
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