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Seminole sheriff asks delegation to strengthen trafficking laws and backs recovery services
Summary
Sheriff Dennis Lima urged the Seminole County legislative delegation to back measures adding xylazine to trafficking statutes, supported prior passage of a license‑plate obscuring device law, and highlighted recognition and funding for local addiction recovery partnerships.
Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lima told the delegation the sheriff's office will ask the legislature to add xylazine to Florida's trafficking statute and to align penalties with fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
“Representative Bankson will be filing that bill to add Xylazine...to the state's trafficking statute, allowing prosecutors more tools to pursue stronger charges,” Lima said. He described xylazine as “a dangerous drug often mixed with fentanyl” and said opioid antagonists such as…
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