A small, rural county just west of Florida’s capital is stunned by an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl mixed with other illegal drugs.

Officials say nine people died over the holiday weekend from likely drug overdoses in a rural Florida Panhandle county.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference in the Panhandle.

The League of Women Voters was one of the first groups to file a lawsuit against the state of Florida after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on new district maps in April.