MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has issued two executive orders to fight opioid abuse. The governor signed the orders Friday afternoon. One order creates the Governor’s Commission on Substance Abuse Treatment Delivery. The commission will include the co-chairs … Read More
The toll from the heroin and opioid epidemic has steadily continued in Milwaukee County, with more than 330 drug-related deaths so far this year. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/30/opioid-epidemic-drug-deaths-milwaukee-worse-than-ever-but-nearly-3-000-have-survived-opioid-overdose/909671001/
Milwaukee (CBS 58)-In a live interview seen on the CBS 58 News at 4 Monday, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is reporting positive action in fighting the opioid crisis which is claiming lives in record numbers. Schimel acknowledged that the … Read More
Beth Schmidt always begins her opioid-awareness sessions by introducing her boy. At one such event, she motions toward his photos — the solemn baseball-team picture, his sweet, clean-cut middle school portrait, the cheek-to-cheek selfie of mother and son — as … Read More
Forty-six states permit naloxone to be purchased without an individual prescription. Laws in the remaining states vary, with some permitting naloxone to be prescribed only for use on a patient of the prescriber, while others permit it to be prescribed … Read More
More than 250 million opioid pain killer prescriptions are written per year, on average — enough to give every American their own bottle of pills. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/walks-not-pills-clinic-gives-hope-patients-chronic-pain-n835091
WEST ALLIS — As the new year begins to unfold, West Allis police are asking for the public’s help to end the opioid epidemic. To help understand the growing problem, the West Allis Fire Department has been tracking use of … Read More
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