Category: Opioids

Report: Professional boards begin referring prescribers for investigation

by Jack Kelly | Nov 5, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

State boards overseeing doctors, dentists and nurses have started referring healthcare providers for further investigation based on summaries of dispensing data from the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, according to a recent report. The Medical Examining Board referred seven doctors in the state for further investigation based on how many opioids they were dispensing, according […]

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Panel: Information sharing, collaboration key to fighting drug addiction

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 25, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Information sharing and collaboration are key in the fight against drug addiction in Wisconsin, panelists agreed at a Department of Justice summit on opioids and meth this week.

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Schimel, Kaul debate ACA, opioid response

by Sean Kirkby | Oct 17, 2018 | ACA, Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and his Democratic challenger Josh Kaul, a Madison attorney, sparred on the Affordable Care Act and how to address the opioid epidemic at a Milwaukee forum Tuesday.

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US DOJ awards opioid treatment grants

by Jack Kelly | Oct 16, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The federal Department of Justice has awarded around $9.8 million to Wisconsin’s government, local governments, tribes and others to help fight the opioid epidemic. The money, announced at the beginning of the month, targets a range of activities, including prevention, treatment and enforcement efforts. The state’s Department of Justice is receiving $1.3 million to help […]

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USDA provides funding for mobile crisis facility to combat opioid crisis

by Jack Kelly | Sep 25, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The United States Department of Agriculture has committed $150,000 to Menominee County to create a mobile crisis facility to combat opioid misuse.

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Wisconsin receives $20.3 million in federal money for opioid epidemic

by Jack Kelly | Sep 24, 2018 | Federal Government, Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin is receiving $20.3 million from the federal government to fight the opioid epidemic, according to a Friday statement from Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

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Drug overdoses up in Wisconsin

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 27, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Drug overdoses increased about 7 percent in Wisconsin from 2016 to 2017, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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DHS awards nearly $600,000 to fight opioid crisis

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 27, 2018 | DHS, Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has awarded almost $600,000 to 70 community coalitions fighting the opioid epidemic.

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Schimel calls for passage of bill to fight fentanyl

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 24, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Attorney General Brad Schimel called on federal lawmakers to pass a bill that he said would help law enforcement pursue cases that involve chemical modifications of a powerful opioid.

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DHS applies for $11.8 million to fight opioid crisis

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 17, 2018 | DHS, Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has applied for an $11.8 million federal grant to support efforts in the state to fight the opioid epidemic, according to a Thursday statement.

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Wisconsin sees increase in pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use disorder

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 14, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin has seen a significant increase in the rate of pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use disorder when delivering babies at the hospital, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

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More graduate from DOC opioid treatment program

by Ellie Borstad | Aug 8, 2018 | Opioids, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Fourteen offenders have completed a Department of Corrections’ opioid addiction treatment program, bringing the total number of graduates from the program to 58, according to a Tuesday statement.

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