Opioids

The Forest County Potawatomi Community has seen a decline in the number of opioid overdoses in the last several years.One way they’ve reduced overdose deaths is by making Narcan more readily available, it’s a drug that reverses overdoses and saves lives.

In Wisconsin, the rate at which Native Americans die from opioids is three times higher than opioid deaths of white people.A Bad River Tribal Member authored a report on the impact fentanyl is having on Native American communities.

Lincoln County wants the public’s help to figure out how Opioid settlement dollars should be used

Wisconsin is set to receive $36 million this year as part of a $750 million national opioid settlement.What the Department of Health Service does with its share needs to be approved by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance.

On Wednesday, the committee met again and decided unanimously to reject the conditional use permit for GLITC’s Adolescent Recovery and Wellness Center.

The Marathon County Health Department says there has been a recent uptick in drug overdoses, and has issued an overdose spike alert

More than 11,000 people in Wisconsin needed to go to the hospital in 2021 because of opioid overdoses.Oneida County is working to raise awareness about the dangerous drug.

Over 30,000 additional NARCAN doses have been distributed to law enforcement across Wisconsin

Wisconsin legislators have approved the state's share of a settlement stemming from a multistate lawsuit accusing drug manufacturers and distributors of contributing to the nation's opioid crisis.

Naloxone, or NARCAN by its brand name, is a drug known to save someone at risk of dying from an opioid overdose.