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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Florida, Miami-Dade doctors are heavy prescribers of tranquilizers for seniors
Florida, and particularly Miami-Dade County, had more doctors who prescribed large amounts of benzodiazepines than anywhere else in the country. Some 144 Florida doctors wrote at least 2,000 prescriptions for them to Medicare patients, compared to 98 in Puerto Rico and 27 in Alabama, the next highest state.
› Carnival Cruise Line to ban carry-on bottled beverages
For some cruisers, this could be a buzz kill. Carnival Cruise Line will prohibit passengers from lugging bottled water, soda or other non-alcoholic drinks on board.
› Surge in population strains Manatee County emergency workers
Increasing demands on dispatchers and paramedics caused by an increasing population are prompting the Manatee County Commission to question whether they need to add more public safety personnel and equipment, including a new ambulance crew in Parrish.
› Don’t miss Cuba boat, Miami told
Miami cannot afford to wait and miss any opportunities in Cuba now that relations with the US are being restored after nearly six decades of mistrust, said panelists during a critical issues panel at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Goals Conference last week.
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