Former Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau Writer
Michael Auslen covered state government and politics in the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau.
![Michael Auslen - Former Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau Writer](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 50 50"/%3E "Michael Auslen - Former Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau Writer")
![Heroin is seen shortly after being emptied out of a baggie and put into a spoon before being injected. As the state has cracked down on prescription pills, the use of heroin and fentanyl has surged. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Tampa Bay Times]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 9"/%3E "Heroin is seen shortly after being emptied out of a baggie and put into a spoon before being injected. As the state has cracked down on prescription pills, the use of heroin and fentanyl has surged. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Tampa Bay Times]")