WISCONSIN | OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS
Wisconsin details plans for $36 million in opioid settlement funds for coming year
The goal is to help people get into long-term addiction treatment and prevent overdoses.
Xylazine, a tranquilizer used in veterinary medicine, has been increasingly found in fentanyl and heroin. It has no taste or smell and increas…
The drug offers "a viable option for individuals seeking to avoid long-term treatment with standard antidepressants,” according to the lead re…
The 120-bed hospital, by Acadia Healthcare, will join 72-bed Miramont Behavioral Health, which opened in Middleton in 2021.
Fueled by trauma, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and given deadly effect by the dangerous opioid fentanyl, the rate of fatal opioid over…
The Wisconsin Medical Society and other doctor groups opposed the bill that would let nurse practitioners and other nurses with advanced degre…
Fueled by trauma, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and given deadly effect by the dangerous opioid fentanyl, the rate of fatal opioid over…
The preliminary 2021 total has surpassed 2020's record, with reports for last year still coming in.
Trevor Wiggins, 47, was charged April 12 with four felony drug trafficking charges after he allegedly sold cocaine out of the fire station he …
It's the latest move to make the remedy widely available to curb the opioid epidemic, which killed a record 1,464 people in Wisconsin in 2022.
A proposal for a center to reduce harm among drug users, and a study of a potential drug consumption site, involve money from the county's opi…
OnPoint NYC runs two overdose prevention centers, where people can use illicit drugs under supervision.
Up to $300,000 in state money was made available last fiscal year and again this year for groups wanting to start recovery schools.
Up to $300,000 in state money was made available last fiscal year and again this year for groups wanting to start recovery schools.
Fueled by trauma, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and given deadly effect by the dangerous opioid fentanyl, the rate of fatal opioid over…
Fueled by trauma, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and given deadly effect by the dangerous opioid fentanyl, the rate of fatal opioid over…
