Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced today a new initiative to reduce and prevent opioid and fentanyl abuse. The Harm Reduction and Prevention Act consists of $740,000 to fund a […]
Six Million Dollars for Combating Opioid Epidemic Held-Up by Budget Co...
Wisconsin is slated to get thirty-one million dollars in settlements from opioid manufacturers and distributors, the product of drawn-out lawsuits over the role they played in fueling the opioid epidemic. […]
New Rehabilitation Center Opens as Opioid Epidemic Rises in 2020
Monarch Health Addiction Recovery Clinics is opening its first location on East Washington Avenue in downtown Madison next week. The family medical clinic will provide treatments to fight opioid addiction […]
Proposed County Funding Includes Solar, Lakes, Mental Health Services
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is out with his $63 million capital budget proposal for next year. It includes from new funds for mental health initiatives to new flooding management […]
Task Force Approves Recommendations to Help Fight Opioid Epidemic
Twelve more counties sued pharmaceutical companies late last week. They join nearly 50 other Wisconsin counties, all of them suing drug manufacturers that make opioid painkillers like Percocet and OxyContin. […]
