Drug Poisoning Prevention

View Event International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on August 31st each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also [...]

Safe Communities and the African American Opioid Coalition (AAOC) have partnered up to bring a FREE ONE WEEK WEBINAR SERIES: Ending African-American Deaths from Despair sponsored by Minority [...]

MADISON, Wis. — Dane County is seeing a significant increase in the number of medical emergencies related to alcohol overconsumption and substance abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic, a release [...]

MADISON, Wis.– Coaches say they’re optimistic that they’re helping people navigate the hardships of the pandemic. Safe Communities recovery coach supervisor Kristina Vaccaro said she [...]

Heroin addicts talk of life with demons, monsters By Kevin Passon kpasson@hngnews.com Sep 20, 2018 Jewel Adams knows what it’s like to be in the grips of a monster. “The disease of addiction is [...]

You may not know it from the news, but African Americans are getting hit very hard by the American opioid epidemic. For example, among African Americans in urban counties, deaths sharply rose by [...]

MADISON, Wis. – This past weekend, Safe Communities held a Recovery and Hope Town Hall Meeting. Despite being after the fact, we want to take this opportunity to reflect on the [...]

The surgeon general announced Thursday that he encourages people to carry a drug that revives victims of overdoses. Dr. Jerome Adams made a statement today saying family members of those at risk [...]

MADISON, Wis – In the fight to end opioid addiction, SSM Health is partnering with Safe Communities to match addicted pregnant patients with recovery coaches. The Pregnancy2Recovery program [...]

Every day, more than 115 Americans die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic [...]