''The Big Deal: Florida's Drug Story'' Premieres Friday, December 22.Business Editors/Government Writers TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000 Powerful Program, Produced by Sunshine Network's Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Division, Examines the State's Continuing War on Drugs With Startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. Images and Statistics Premieres Statewide Friday, December 22, at 4:30 p.m. (ET) Sunshine Network's award-winning public affairs division has produced a riveting riv·et·ing adj. Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating: The last chapter was so riveting that I was reading past midnight. television documentary examining the state of Florida's continuing battle against drugs. THE BIG DEAL: FLORIDA'S DRUG STORY premieres statewide on Sunshine Network in over 5.3 million homes on Friday, December 22, at 4:30 p.m (ET). Encore presentations are scheduled for Jan. 3, 8 a.m.; Jan. 12, 4:30 p.m.; Jan. 18, 8 a.m.; Jan. 26, 4:30 p.m.; and Jan. 30, 4:30 p.m. Focusing on efforts at the state and local level in treatment, prevention and law enforcement, the program offers viewers a powerful educational overview on an issue that can change families and alter lives. It also examines the new state administration's annual Drug Summit, which began in 1999 and has resulted in much-needed additional funding for anti-drug programs. During several months of shooting, Sunshine Network Producer Rebecca Roberts Rebecca Roberts is an American journalist. She serves as a substitute host for Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition Sunday on National Public Radio. Biography Born to reporters Cokie and Steve Roberts, Roberts earned a B.A. and her crew went behind-the-scenes and undercover with Florida law The jurisprudence of this state offers major differences from doctrines prevailing in the United States at either the federal level or that of the various states. Homestead exemption from forced sale, the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, the right to privacy, and the Williams enforcement officials for an up-close examination of Florida's drug culture. Viewers will see undercover investigators at one of the state's popular rave clubs, where the drug XTC XTC See Ecstasy, MDMA. has become a major problem among young people. Sunshine Network also went along with U.S. Customs officials as they searched an incoming Haitian vessel, detailing the in-depth procedures that accompany most ship inspections, including canine canine or canid Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands. detection. The program examines how treatment is taking a higher priority in the state's overall drug control program and the latest trends in drug use prevention. A young addict Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. describes with moving emotion her road to recovery and how available treatment probably saved her life. THE BIG DEAL: FLORIDA'S DRUG STORY is a eye-opening look into one of Florida's most pressing issues and an examination of the state's multi-level efforts to incorporate new forms of education and prevention into it's drug control strategy. The special is being produced by Sunshine Network's award-winning public affairs division in Tallahassee. Reaching more homes than any other Florida-based media outlet, Sunshine Network has provided daily public affairs programming
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