Authorities in Gadsden County, Florida, announced that eight people have died over the holiday weekend from a suspected drug overdose, while another eight have been hospitalized.
The first two apparent overdose deaths happened on July 1, when officials found two women inside a home in the St. Hebron community. That night alone, members of the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office responded to more than a dozen calls related to drug overdoses, WCTV reported.
The most recent death involved a 62-year-old man, whose body was discovered early on Tuesday at a home just west of Quincy, part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area, officials said. Gadsden County is located northwest of Tallahassee….