Wisconsin DHS works to get opioid epidemic under control

MILWAUKEE — Wednesday marked Worldwide Opioid Overdose Day. The speed of overdose deaths throughout the state have continued to climb regardless of the most effective efforts of varied businesses and volunteer teams to drive it down.

“The COVID pandemic threw plenty of areas throughout this nation right into a tailspin, and a type of sadly was substance use, and overdoses and deaths trigger by substance use,” Paul Krupski, director of opioid initiatives for the Wisconsin Division of Well being Companies, mentioned. “That is actually an unlucky development that is been going down nationally over the past two years.”

After a document 1,231 Wisconsinites died from an opioid overdose in 2020, preliminary information from the Wisconsin Division of Well being Companies Wednesday confirmed 1,415 extra Wisconsinites died in 2021, a spike of roughly 15%.

Ultimate 2021 information is due out in November.

“Sadly, now we have seen that vital surge and rise in overdoses and deaths in our state,” Krupski added. “The actual difficult issue throughout the board has been the emergence of fentanyl…”

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