Vigil and March International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. Time to Remember. Time to Act. On August 31, 2021, we will unite as a community to provide resources from local […]
Naloxone Boxes Installed in Madison to Fight Overdoses
Jessica Geschke is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor and Recovery Coach with Wisconsin Voices for Recovery, a statewide peer-run group that helps people and their families through addiction recovery. She says a medication called Narcan saved her brother’s life. Jessica says, “In 2017, my brother actually overdosed in my home. And I came home and […]
White Market Drugs
The contemporary opioid epidemic is just the latest in a long history of Big Pharma–fueled crises in the U.S., argues David Herzberg in his new book, White Market Drugs. But people seeking to solve the crisis often turn to solutions that history has shown don’t work, resulting in a failed war on drugs, a growing […]
Americans Reaching for Hope
After last night’s presidential debate, many Americans are feeling that hope is in short supply. So today on the show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow asks award-winning author Sheryl WuDunn: What gives you hope right now? Over the course of the hour, WuDunn shares stories and insights from her latest co-authored book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for […]
Getting people into long-term recovery
Here’s a description of the program from the host, Jake Niesen. Problem: Getting people into long-term recovery • Our voices as people in recovery aren’t being heard in the community enough So much in the treatment community is focused on degrees and certificates and it can limit the voices from people in recovery with real-life […]
Wisconsin Sues Drug Company Over Opioid Epidemic
Wisconsin joins more than 40 other states trying to hold drug companies responsible for the nation’s opioid epidemic. Attorney General Josh Kaul announced the suit from the State Capitol this morning, saying that Purdue Pharma used deceptive marketing to mislead doctors, downplaying the risk of addiction. “Because what our suits allege is that the […]
