Posted inHealth & Welfare ‘One pill can kill’: A Milwaukee father turns grief into a warning about fentanyl by Edgar Mendez / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service May 1, 2026April 30, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch Three new billboards on Milwaukee’s South Side remind residents that one pill can kill.
Posted inHealth & Welfare ‘Golden handcuffs’: Wisconsin methadone rules limit access to opioid treatment by Addie Costello / Wisconsin Watch April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inHealth & Welfare Why we’re tracking opioid settlement spending by Addie Costello / Wisconsin Watch July 30, 2025February 5, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inHealth & Welfare How are Wisconsin’s local governments spending millions in opioid settlement payouts? by Addie Costello / Wisconsin Watch July 29, 2025February 5, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety Milwaukee is losing a generation of Black men to drug crisis by Edgar Mendez / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and Devin Blake / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service January 30, 2025April 3, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inHealth & Welfare How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades by Josh Katz / The New York Times, Margot Sanger-Katz / The New York Times and Nick Thieme January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inHealth & Welfare Milwaukee County unveils new projects to stem tide of opioid overdose deaths by Edgar Mendez / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service August 13, 2024August 9, 2024 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inFact Briefs Does fentanyl kill more than 100,000 Americans every year? by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inFact Briefs Did opioid-related fatal overdoses in Wisconsin reach record highs before Joe Biden became president and have they continued to increase? by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch January 30, 2024January 30, 2024 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inFact Briefs Do the latest annual statistics show 1,400 people in Wisconsin died of opioid overdoses? by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch August 30, 2023September 6, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inJustice & Safety Milwaukee police are making fewer drug arrests, even as opioid deaths soar by Edgar Mendez / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service August 21, 2023August 18, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inHealth & Welfare Here’s where to find Narcan in Wisconsin — and how to reverse an opioid overdose by Devin Blake / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service June 22, 2023June 22, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
