Monthly Archives: June 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump nominated Indiana’s health commissioner to serve as the next U.S. surgeon general on Thursday, selecting an anesthesiologist who promoted needle-exchange programs while serving under Vice President Mike Pence. http://www.wkow.com/story/35782669/trump-picks-indiana-health-commissioner-for-surgeon-general

Here’s a one-question quiz: Over the decades that such statistics have been kept, what cause of death showed the largest year-over-year increase in the United States? http://www.nonpareilonline.com/opinion/your_view/opinion-opioid-battle-can-be-won/article_4143a784-5c55-11e7-8d4e-27ea156f3ae4.html

With the help of a federal grant, Sauk County health officials are going to battle with the nationwide heroin epidemic. http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime/federal-grant-helps-sauk-county-combat-heroin-overdoses/article_86f480ea-0af7-571c-9d78-e0a7961a3afb.html

Within hours of receiving training on how to use naloxone to revive people experiencing an opioid overdose, Pleasant Prairie police put the drug to use, reviving a man who had overdosed. http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/officer-uses-narcan-to-save-overdose-victim-within-hours-of/article_21eb73f1-a27f-58e4-821c-d3bf5c5c37f8.html

HICKORY – Dr. Thomas McLellan, chairman and co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute, spent Tuesday working with Partners Behavioral Health Management, local law enforcement, county stakeholders, and other area authorities to discuss the ongoing opioid crisis facing the area. http://www.hickoryrecord.com/townnews/medicine/national-expert-partners-with-groups-to-combat-opioid-abuse/article_e800df3c-5747-11e7-99d3-276dec68d74c.html

GREENFIELD – Police departments across Hancock County now have drug disposal boxes, where residents can safely discard their unused prescriptions, a program law enforcement officials say helps cut down on crime and combats drug addiction. http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2017/06/22/nonprofit_funds_drug_disposal/

Area students are handing out free medicine timer caps at local events for a second year. An Erie County program aims to give people a better idea of what goes on in their medicine cabinets. Now in its second year, … Read More

One statistic given by Larry Winter, the head of Chippewa County’s Department of Human Services, stuck with Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel. http://chippewa.com/news/local/attorney-general-tackles-growing-meth-problem/article_52480260-2b2f-5b9f-a84f-631e8f395343.html

Opioid overdoses have been rising for years, but only lately has the trend been labeled a “crisis.” A quick Google search of “opioid epidemic” will bring up 42 web pages of news articles published in the last three months. Nearly … Read More

Investigation Could Lead To Multi-State Lawsuit Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has taken the unusual step of revealing the state Department of Justice is investigating opioid manufacturers. https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-attorney-general-reveals-opioid-investigation