WORT 89.9FM Madison · SplinterHeron Jail – Opioid 4 – 12 – 2022 The Dane County Sheriff announced an opioid treatment program today. The goal is to continue residents’ addiction […]
Pharmacies Implicated in the Opioid Crisis, Plus Activists Push to Ban...
Since at least 2014 fake prescriptions have lead to millions of pills ending up on the back market. All the while, the pharmacies and the drug companies are making money […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dane County Files Lawsuit Against Painkiller Manufacturers
Dane County becomes the 69th Wisconsin county to file a suit against pharmaceutical companies for the opioid crisis. Five tribes have also filed suits. Dane County executive Joe Parisi says […]