Author: Sean Kirkby
DHS prioritizes boosting access to Narcan, fentanyl test strips with opioid settlement dollars
The Department of Health Services wants to use half of the $8 million it expects to receive this year in opioid settlement funds from a drugmaker and three drug distributors to expand access to the anti-overdose drug Narcan and fentanyl test strips.
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Department of Corrections pushes to expand mental health, substance use disorder treatment
Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr pitched the Legislature’s budget-writing committee Tuesday on Gov. Tony Evers’ plans for the state’s justice system, which include growing a program supporting people with mental illness leaving prison and expanding access to medication-assisted treatment for those with substance use disorders.
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