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Drug overdose deaths rise in Dane County

by Sean Kirkby | May 6, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Deaths from drug overdoses in Dane County rose by 39 percent between 2016 and 2020, with 138 people dying that year, Public Health Madison & Dane County said Thursday.

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State leaders call for more investment in recovery resources, housing to fight opioid crisis

by Sean Kirkby | May 2, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

More needs to be done to address the opioid crisis, speakers at a Wisconsin Voices for Recovery event said last week.

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JFC puts brakes on plan for major opioid settlement dollars

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 22, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services will have to submit another plan to the Joint Finance Committee on how to spend money from a major settlement with three opioid distributors and a drug company due to an objection raised during the legislative review process.

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DHS submits initial plan for opioid settlement funds

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 5, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services plans to use opioid settlement funds for myriad ways of fighting the drug epidemic, including enhancing an alert system, supporting new treatment providers and piloting family support centers.

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Kaul suggests some opioid settlement money head to enforcement

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 24, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Attorney General Josh Kaul suggested Wednesday that some of the opioid settlement money heading to the state go to enforcement efforts.

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DHS begins to finalize plan for opioid settlement money

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 23, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services is beginning to finalize its plan for how it’ll spend money from settlements with three opioid distributors and a drug manufacturer.

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Milwaukee County expects $57 million from opioid settlement

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 2, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Milwaukee County expects to receive about $57 million to fight the opioid epidemic from a nationwide settlement.

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Opioid settlement money to start flowing into state in second quarter

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 28, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Attorney General Josh Kaul said Friday that the state of Wisconsin and local governments will start seeing money in the second quarter of this year from a $26 billion opioid agreement with three major pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson.

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GOP House members push to make fentanyl-related drugs schedule I classification permanent

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 14, 2022 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin Republican House members are pushing President Joe Biden to permanently schedule fentanyl-related substance as drugs with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

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DSPS plans to improve prescription drug monitoring program’s interoperability

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 20, 2021 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Safety and Professional Services will use a recent federal grant to facilitate connections between the state’s program for tracking controlled substances and electronic health records, per a Friday statement.

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Drug overdose deaths increase

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 23, 2021 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0 |

Deaths from drug overdoses in Wisconsin increased by 21.8 percent over the past year, according to provisional data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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