Milwaukee County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

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

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

• 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

• Rep. Nygren looks to expand drug treatment options in new HOPE bills

• Assembly to consider package aimed at curbing opiate, heroin abuse

• Crackdown on synthetic pot has driven the dangerous drug to the streets

• Greenfield Police Department takes novel approach to heroin battle

• Unwanted Marijuana Text Ads Show Up On Cell Phone

• What Is the Deal With Synthetic Marijuana? Everything you need to know about fake weed

• Neu-Life involves youth in renovating its North Side headquarters

December 2015 Substance-Related Media

• Cigarillo use increases estimates of teen smoking rates by half

• National Report: Wisconsin Ranks 30th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco

• Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Driven Largely by Heroin and Synthetic Opioids

November 2015 Substance-Related Media

• Are Today's Teens Better Behaved than Their Parents Were? 

• Lab tests reveal popular e-cigarette liquids contain harmful chemicals

• More Marquette University students have tried e-cigs than tobacco cigarettes, survey says

• Being Emotionally Unprepared for College Linked to Increased Risk of Substance Use

• Prescription Drug Abuse Information & Statistics

• Overdose deaths set another grim pace in Milwaukee County

• Teens prescribed opioids more likely to abuse drugs as adults, U-M study shows

• The Numbers Behind America’s Heroin Epidemic

October 2015 Substance-Related Media

• Commentary: Revisiting the Impact of Marijuana Legalization on Children

• LOCAL OFFICIALS SUPPORT STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN ON DANGERS OF MISUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

• Many college students aren't warned about substance use risks

• Interview: Frances Jensen On The Teenage Brain 

• Treatment Is Good, Prevention Is Better: How Best To Keep Our Kids Off Drugs

• Drugged Driving a Growing Problem, Report Shows

• As Marijuana Use Increases, So Does Addiction, Report

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