Wisconsin has spent only a fraction of its opioid settlement funds, raising questions about whether the money caused the state’s decline in overdose deaths, Jiyue Wang writes.

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reinforces earlier data showing an ongoing decline in overdose deaths nationwide, and repeats the contention that one of the main reasons for the ...

The Wisconsin DOJ launched the Overdose Death Initiative (ODI) to investigate opioid overdose fatalities. ODI's goal is to identify and apprehend individuals responsible for distributing fatal opioids ...

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (WFRV) – A 30-year-old woman from southwestern Wisconsin is wanted for reckless homicide in connection with a man’s fatal fentanyl overdose nearly four years ago. Wisconsin ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Efforts to reduce overdose deaths appear to be working, both here in the state and around the country. A new report from the CDC shows that the number of deaths due to drug ...

KENOSHA (AP) -- A southeast Wisconsin county is making the drug used to reduce opioid overdoses more widely available in an attempt to fight opioid overdose deaths. The Kenosha News reports that ...

EAU CLAIRE (WKBT) — Wisconsin communities are bringing fentanyl prevention efforts directly into schools as the state grapples with a devastating surge in overdose deaths that has claimed more than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reinforces earlier data showing an ongoing decline in overdose deaths ...

Overdose deaths in the U.S. have seen a significant decline, attributed at least in part to harm reduction strategies. The Trump administration proposes cuts to harm reduction funding, raising ...