February 2020 Substance-Related Media
- Police Offering Drug Recovery Help: ‘We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of This’
- Exclusive: Drug Overdose Deaths in 2019 Set Record for Milwaukee County
- Injected Heroin Use Still Near All-Time Highs in US, May Explain Hepatitis-C Rise
January 2020 Substance-Related Media
- Lawmakers Express Alarm Over Rise in Cocaine Overdose Deaths
- CDC: More People Obtain THC Vapes from Family, Friends than Dispensaries
- Study: Medicaid Expansion Linked to 6 Percent Decline in Opioid Overdose Deaths
December 2019 Substance-Related Media
- City Wins $700,000 for Drug Overdose Fight
- In the Face of an Opioid Epidemic, Make a Safer Home for Your Family during the Holidays
November 2019 Substance-Related Media
- Opioid Crisis: Milwaukee County’s New Rapid Response Program Draws Eyes Across US
- Not Yesterday’s Cocaine: Death Toll Rising from Tainted Drug
- How One Minnesota Clinic Slashed Its Number of Opioid Prescriptions
- Wisconsin Collects More than 30 Tons of Unused Medications during Drug Take-Back Day, Ranks Second in Nation
October 2019 Substance-Related Media
- The Real Cost of the Opioid Epidemic: An Estimated $179 Billion in Just One Year
- Almost Half of Americans Have Dealt with Substance Abuse in Family: Gallup
- Police Find More than $900,000 in Closet of South Side Milwaukee Home in Bust of Counterfeit THC Vape Operation
- It’s Not Just Opioids: What Doctors Want You to Know about Benzos
September 2019 Substance-Related Media
- Their Son Died from Fentanyl. Now ComedySportz Founder and Spouse Back Efforts to Keep Other Kids from Becoming Addicted to Drugs
- Milwaukee County Sees 127 Probable Overdose Deaths Since July 1, On Track for Record 453
- Kenosha Man Charged with Manufacturing Thousands of Counterfeit Vaping Cartridges a Day
- What America’s Users Spend on Illegal drugs, 2006-2016
- Fentanyl as a Dark Web Profit Center, from Chinese Labs to US Streets
August 2019 Substance-Related Media
- US Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain
- Majority of Wisconsin Lung Disease Patients Who Reported Vaping Cite THC Products
- ‘Things Are Getting Worse’: Drug Overdose Deaths Continue to Menace Milwaukee
- Life Expectancy for Wisconsin Babies Falls as Opioids, Alcohol and Suicide Take the Young
- Drugged Driving Is on the Rise in Southeast Wisconsin
- Federal Scientists Warned of Coming Opioid Crisis in 2006
- Should Bartenders Drink on the Job? Project: Drive Sober Looks into Sober Server Ordinances
- Wisconsin Sees Drop in Opioid Deaths
- How Did Milwaukee’s Drinking Culture Start?
- Experts and Activists Meet in Milwaukee to Discuss Opioid, Heroin, Cocaine Crisis
- For Every 69 High-Dose Opioid Prescriptions, US Pharmacies Dispensed Only One Overdose-Reversal Drug
July 2019 Substance-Related Media
- How Racial Inequity Is Playing Out in the Opioid Crisis
- New Data Shows Drug Overdose Deaths Fell in 2018. But There’s a Big Catch.
- Association of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use with Subsequent Heroin Use Initiation in Adolescents
- Seizures of Methamphetamine Are Surging in the US
June 2019 Substance-Related Media
- Growing Up High: Neurobiological Consequences of Adolescent Cannabis Use
- Association of Opioid Overdose with Opioid Prescriptions to Family Members
- Obesity-Related Pain Contributes to Opioid Use
May 2019 Substance-Related Media
- ‘Down to My Lowest Point’: As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Investigation Shows New Drug Spikes
- Addiction Medicine Mostly Prescribed to Whites, Even as Opioid Deaths Rose Among Blacks
- As the Opioid Crisis Peaks, Meth and Cocaine Deaths Explode
- Students Who Are Bullied Use More Pain Medication, Raising Concerns of Future Drug Use
- Highly Potent Weed Has Swept the Market, Raising Concerns about Health Risks
April 2019 Substance-Related Media
- After Three Years of Controversy, CDC Clarifies Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
- Opioid Crisis Affecting Wisconsin Companies, State Business Group Says
- The Affordable Care Act in the Heart of the Opioid Crisis: Evidence from West Virginia
March 2019 Substance-Related Media
- Local Jurisdictions Paying the Price for Nation's Opioid Crisis
- Fentanyl-Linked Deaths: The US Opioid Epidemic’s Third Wave Begins
- Milwaukee-Area Hospitals Now Offering Opioid-Recovery Coaches
February 2019 Substance-Related Media
- Changes to Opioid Policy Could Lead to Fewer People Being Addicted
- Here’s What Cudahy, South Milwaukee, Oak Creek and St. Francis Are Doing to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
- What ‘Dope Sick’ Really Feels Like
January 2019 Substance-Related Media
- County by County, Researchers Link Opioid Deaths to Drugmakers’ Marketing
- Here Are California’s New Laws to Address the State’s Opioid Crisis
- Creating while Clean
- Opioids Kill, Too—Through Accidental Overdose, Suicide and Homicide
- Addiction Rooted in Childhood Trauma, Says Prominent Specialist
December 2018 Substance-Related Media
- CDC: Fentanyl is Deadliest Drug in America
- Falling Out: A Generation of African American Heroin Users is Dying in the Opioid Epidemic Nobody Talks About. The Nation’s Capital is Ground Zero.
- ‘Passive’ Fentanyl Exposure: More Myth than Reality
- Increasing Evidence for the Limited Role of Opioids to Treat Chronic Noncancer Pain
November 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Despite Criticism and Concerns, FDA Approves a New Opioid 10 Times More Powerful than Fentanyl
- Addiction Often Begins with a ‘Beautiful’ Boy or Girl
- The Costs of Heroin and Naloxone: A Tragic Snapshot of the Opioid Crisis
October 2018 Substance-Related Media
- How Fentanyl Changes the Opioid Equation
- Combustible and Electronic Tobacco and Marijuana Products in Hip-Hop Music Videos, 2013-2017
- Eat, Toke or Vape: Teens Not Too Picky when it Comes to Pot’s Potpourri
- When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Improves
September 2018 Substance-Related Media
- City of Milwaukee Continues to See Hospitalizations Related to K2
- Nearly 30 Percent of Patients Prescribed Opioids Had No Recorded Pain Diagnoses
- Many Americans Continue to Misuse Prescription Drugs, but Patterns of Abuse are ‘Changing’
- Half as Many People are Trying Heroin, but Marijuana Use Grows
- To Avoid Overdoses, Some Test their Heroin before Taking It
August 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Pediatricians Put It Bluntly: Motherhood and Marijuana Don’t Mix
- Why You Shouldn’t Dismiss the Risk of Marijuana Addiction
- Synthetic Pot Seen as a Public Health Danger
- Teen Xanax Abuse is Surging
- Parent Alert! Your Kid May be Vaping More than Tobacco
- CDC: Drug Overdoses Hit New Record
- Clinicians Were Told Their Patient Had Died of an Overdose. Then Opioid Prescribing Dropped.
July 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Women and Opioids: Something Different is Happening Here
- These Pills Could Be Next US Drug Epidemic, Public Health Officials Say
- Opioid Prescribing for Teens Exceeded CDC 2016 Guidelines for Adults
June 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Drugged Driving Deaths Spike with Spread of Legal Marijuana, Opioid Abuse
- With the Rise of Legal Weed, Drug Education Moves from ‘Don’t’ to ‘Delay’
- Yes, You Can Become Addicted to Marijuana, and the Problem is Growing
- Poll: 14% of High School Students Admit to Misusing Opioids
- After Opioid Overdose, Only 30% Get Medicine to Treat Addiction
May 2018 Substance-Related Media
- 70% of Milwaukee City Pot Cases Are Against Blacks
- Opioid Overdoses Are Rising Faster Among Latinos than Whites or Blacks. Why?
- In the Land of Legal Weed, Drug Education Moves from ‘Don’t’ to ‘Delay’
- Disposal Box Program for Medication Helps Fight Opioid Crisis while Protecting Lake Michigan
- We Really Do Have a Solution to the Opioid Epidemic – And One State Is Showing It Works
- Deadly Delivery: Opioids by Mail
April 2018 Substance-Related Media
- How the Reformulation of OxyContin Ignited the Heroin Epidemic
- Benzodiazepines: America’s ‘Other Prescription Drug Problem’
- Falsehoods and Facts about Drugs and the People Who Use Them
- How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years
- Opioids Kill. Here’s How an Overdose Shuts Down Your Body.
- Health Officials Are Sounding an Alarm on the Drug Gabapentin. And It’s Not Even an Opioid.
- What Does It Mean When We Call Addiction a Brain Disorder?
- Are There Risks from Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes.
- Study: Cost of Treating Opioid Addiction Soars
- In Rare Advisory, Surgeon General Urges Public to Carry Overdose-Reversal Medication
March 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Opioid Overdose among Children Nearly Doubles, Study Says
- When Opioids Make Pain Worse
- How Iceland Got Teens to Say No to Drugs
- How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?
- Are There Risks from Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes.
- Dentist Group Puts Teeth in Push to Curb Opioid Painkillers
- Opioid Crisis Has Cost US Roughly 1M Workers, $702B: Study
- Fentanyl-laced Cocaine Becoming a Deadly Problem among Drug Users
February 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Study Finds Simple Test Strips Are Effective in Testing for Fentanyl
- Trump Says He Will Focus on Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment
- Hooked in Wisconsin: When Heroin Hits Home
- Overdose Deaths Fall in 14 States
- Benzodiazepines: Our Other Prescription Drug Epidemic
January 2018 Substance-Related Media
- Un-Burying the Lead: Public Health Tools Are the Key to Beating the Opioid Epidemic
- Young Rappers Are Getting Honest about Doing Battle with Depression, Drug Addiction, and Suicide
- There Is More than One Opioid Crisis
- Walmart to Offer Pill-Disposal Product to Curb Opioid Abuse
- Cigarettes and Pot Linked to Teen Psychosis
- Suicide Emerges in Understanding the Opioid Epidemic
- Trump Administration Ends Registry for Substance Abuse, Mental Health Programs
December 2017 Substance-Related Media
- Opioid Epidemic: Drug Deaths in Milwaukee County Are Worse Than Ever
- State Deaths from Alcohol, Drug, Suicide Predicted to Increase 39 Percent Over Next Decade
- More US Kids in Foster Care; Parental Drug Abuse a Factor
- Milwaukee Neuroscientist: “Addiction Truly Is a Condition, a Disease of the Human Brain’
- Largest Study of Opioid Deaths Reveals Who Is at Most Risk
- Medical Examiner Responds to 8 Suspected Overdose Deaths While City Closes a Drug-Plagued Market
November 2017 Substance-Related Media
- Naloxone Reverses 93% of Overdoses, But Many Recipients Don't Survive a Year
- Just Say No to Opioids? Ads Could Actually Make Things Worse
- Anxiety, Child Abuse May Be Risk Factors for Marijuana Abuse
- A Quarter of Problematic Pot Users Have Anxiety Disorders, Many Since Childhood
- Special Report: Opioid Crisis Hits City Hard
- How Well-Intentioned Doctors Helped Create the Opioid Epidemic
- Teaching Teens the Perils of Pot as Marketplace Grows
- New App Maps Overdose Epidemic in Real Time
- Economic Burden of Opioid Epidemic Hit $95 Billion in 2016
October 2017 Substance-Related Media
- 'America Addicted' on PBS
- Some Experts See Opioid Addiction Stemming from Prescriptions as a Medical Error
- Online Sellers of Designer Drugs Are a Dark Partner in the Opioid Epidemic
- The Family That Built an Empire of Pain
- The Opioid Epidemic as Seen in Six Charts
September 2017 Substance-Related Media
- Drug Maker Group Backs Limiting Opioid Supplies
- 'Heroin(e)' Follows Three Women Fighting Virginia's Opioid Epidemic
- Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers
- Seven Days of Heroin: This Is What an Epidemic Looks Like
- Opioid Maker Is Slammed by FDA for Omitting Risk Information in Materials Given to Docs
- To Fight Opioid Epidemic, Senators Make the Case for 'Partial Fill' Prescriptions
August 2017 Substance-Related Media
- With Opioid Crisis, A Surge in Hepatitis C
- Mayo Pain Expert: Holistic Approach Helps Patients Ditch Opioids
- Neuroscience Offers Insight Into the Opioid Epidemic
- In One Night, She Lost Two Sons to Opioids. She's on a Mission to Spare Others That Unfathomable Pain
- Don't Blame the Surgeons. Long-Term Opioid Use Rarely Starts with Surgery, Study Finds
- Medical Examiner's Office: 38% Increase in Opioid Deaths, Drugs Getting Stronger
- The Cost of Treating Opioid Overdose Victims Is Skyrocketing
- A Vaccine for Addiction Is No Simple Fix
- Prescription Opioid Use Is Widespread. Here's Who Is Vulnerable to Misuse
July 2017 Substance-Related Media
- This Isn't the First US Opiate Addiction Crisis
- Kids Struggling with Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options
- 'Extreme' Use of Painkillers and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare, New Report Says
- 'Don't Take the Pills,' Woman Pleads After Hearing Teens Talk About Drug Plans
- New on the Streets: Drug for Nerve Pain Boosts High for Opioid Abusers
- This Is Exactly What Happens When You Overdose
- Without Medical Support, DIY Detox Often Fails
June 2017 Substance-Related Media
- GOP Lawmakers Target Loophole in Opioid Law
- The Opioid Crisis Changed How Doctors Think About Pain
- Recovery on the Reservation: Montana Sisters Help Peers Stop Using Drugs
- Coaching Overdose Survivors to Avoid the Next One
- Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever
- Medical Responses to Opioid Addiction Vary by State, Analysis Finds
- Teens Are Getting More Depressed but Using Fewer Drugs
- Treating Patients with Opioid Disorders Is Not Just About Treating Addiction. Here's Why.
May 2017 Substance-Related Media
- "We Are Not Going To Enforce Our Way Out of This": Experts Strategize New Ways to Fight Opioid Addiction
- Why Do Drug Dealers Risk Killing Their Buyers with a Fatal Additive?
- Many Adults Don't Think Exposure to Vaping Is Bad for Kids
- Medical Examiner: Man Dies after Ingesting Probable Synthetic Marijuana
- Wisconsin Law Enforcement: Number One in Nation, Cause of Record-Breaking April Drug Take-Back Day Collection
- What Is Gray Death and How Does It Kill?
- How Effective Is Medication-Assisted Treatment for Addiction? Here's the Science
- Sobering Truth about Addiction Treatment in America
- Fighting Despair Offers a Key Way to Stop Opioid Abuse
- Public Restrooms Become Ground Zero in the Opioid Epidemic
- Unsparing Look at the Opioid Crisis in "Warning: This Drug May Kill You"
- New App Looks to Stir Up Social Engagement, Help Fight Heroin Epidemic
April 2017 Substance-Related Media
- New Synthetic Opioids Test Limits of Wisconsin's Drug Analysis
- National Drugged Driving Fatalities Surpass Drunk Driving
- Overcoming Opioids: Special Schools Help Teens Stay Clean
- The Opioid Epidemic May Be Even Deadlier Than We Think
- Elephant Tranquilizer Is the Latest Lethal Addition to the Heroin Epidemic
- Carfentanil, 10,000 Times More Potent Than Morphine, Kills Homeless Man in Milwaukee
- What Doesn't Kill You Can Maim: Unexpected Injuries from Opioids
- Meth Emerges While Heroin Draws Spotlight
- Can We Tax Away the Opioid Crisis?
- Editorial: Sharper Focus on Drug Prevention Much Needed
- States Begin to Use Schools to Fight Opioid Abuse
March 2017 Substance-Related Media
- North Shore Health Department Created Guide Book to Help Fight Opioid Epidemic
- A Staggering Increase in U.S. Heroin Use Has Hit Young, White Men the Hardest
- Strategies to Address the Intersection of Opioid Crisis and Homelessness
- "A Time to Heal": Epidemic of Childhood Trauma Haunts Milwaukee
- Studies Suggest Cautious Optimism about Declines in Teen Opioid Abuse
- Heroin at Work: Opioid Epidemic Can Spread Into the Office
- State Breakdown of Medicaid Coverage of the Opioid Addiction Treatment Medication Buprenorphine
- As Legal Marijuana Spread, Worries about Teen Addiction Grow
- This Opioid Cocktail Is Becoming a Real Problem in Milwaukee
February 2016 Substance-Related Media
- Walgreens Leads Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse with New Programs to Help Curb Misuse of Medications and the Rise in Overdose Deaths
- Americans spent more on legal pot last year than on Cheetos, Doritos
- Overdose Reversal Drug Now Available To Every U.S. High School Free Of Charge
- Doctor convicted of murder for patients' drug overdoses gets 30 years to life in prison
- 2016 begins with a new spike in deaths tied to painkiller fentanyl
January 2016 Substance-Related Media
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Rep. Nygren looks to expand drug treatment options in new HOPE bills
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Assembly to consider package aimed at curbing opiate, heroin abuse
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Crackdown on synthetic pot has driven the dangerous drug to the streets
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Greenfield Police Department takes novel approach to heroin battle
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What Is the Deal With Synthetic Marijuana? Everything you need to know about fake weed
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Neu-Life involves youth in renovating its North Side headquarters
December 2015 Substance-Related Media
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Cigarillo use increases estimates of teen smoking rates by half
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National Report: Wisconsin Ranks 30th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
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Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Driven Largely by Heroin and Synthetic Opioids
November 2015 Substance-Related Media
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Lab tests reveal popular e-cigarette liquids contain harmful chemicals
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More Marquette University students have tried e-cigs than tobacco cigarettes, survey says
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Being Emotionally Unprepared for College Linked to Increased Risk of Substance Use
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Teens prescribed opioids more likely to abuse drugs as adults, U-M study shows
October 2015 Substance-Related Media
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Commentary: Revisiting the Impact of Marijuana Legalization on Children
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LOCAL OFFICIALS SUPPORT STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN ON DANGERS OF MISUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
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Many college students aren't warned about substance use risks
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Treatment Is Good, Prevention Is Better: How Best To Keep Our Kids Off Drugs
September 2015 Substance-Related Media
- Menominee tribal members approve on-reservation marijuana use
- Teens Using E-Cigarettes May Be More Likely to Start Smoking Tobacco
- Bozeman schools ban e-cigarettes and powdered alcohol
- Survey sheds light on student drug use in Wisconsin: 88% say they’ve consumed alcohol
- Vaping: The latest scourge in drug abuse
- Drug Overdoses Are a Leading Cause of Injury Deaths in Wisconsin
- 7 things you wish your children knew about drug addiction
August 2015 Substance-Related Media
- Summer surge of synthetic marijuana causes overdoses, crime
- The scariest thing about synthetic drugs is everything that’s unknown
- American Adults Support Age 21 or Older Law to Purchase Tobacco Products
- We have a heroin and opioid problem; let's fix it
- E-cigarettes may be just as addictive as the real thing
- The Obama Administration’s Strategy On Heroin Addiction: Treat It As A Public Health Problem
July 2015 Substance-Related Media
- Why America’s Biggest Killer Is In The Medicine Cabinet
- Bill Would Have Wisconsin Schools Adopt Alcohol And Drug Screening Program Called SBIRT
- FDA’s E-Cigarette Rules Likely to Reshape Industry, Experts Say
- Heroin. Stop the Silence. Speak the Truth. Start the Conversation.
- Heroin suspected in 16 deaths for dramatic one-week spike
- New marijuana industry wrestles with pesticides and safety
June 2015 Substance-Related Media
- First-time pot offenders are rarely jailed, study finds
- Supreme Court Will Not Consider Challenge to California Drug Take-Back Program
- Ways Marijuana is Used: A Guide for Parents
- Mental Health Awareness Month: When Teens have a Substance Abuse AND Mental Health Disorder
- Aldermen approve measure to lower pot possession fines
- What is flakka (aka gravel) and why is it more dangerous than cocaine?
- Addiction treatment hard to find, even as overdose deaths soar
The Priorities
MCSAP addresses policies, practices and programs in our two current priority areas: marijuana use among youth and fatal drug overdose, with a particular emphasis on prescription drugs.
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