Heroin addicts talk of life with demons, monsters
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 [...]
Peer Coaches support patients in their recovery
Alexa Case says life is good now. The 31-year-old single mother of two young sons, who lives in Madison, Wis., underwent residential treatment in her mid-twenties for alcohol substance use [...]
Town Hall Tonight Will Address Surging Opioid Crisis in Black Community
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 [...]
Moving the needle on Addiction
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 [...]
By Alayna Husom
Posted Surgeon General recommends expanding naloxone access
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 [...]
Former addicts counsel pregnant women on their road to recovery in one-of-a-kind SSM Health program
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 [...]
African American Opioid Coalition Will Host 2nd Annual Med Drop
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 [...]
How the opioid epidemic is impacting the workplace and what employers can do about it
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/feature/table-of-experts/the-pain-pill-problem-how-the-opioid-epidemic-is.html The opioid epidemic has become a serious problem in the United States, [...]
Madison’s finest take part in Battle of the Badges to fight opioid epidemic
http://www.wkow.com/story/37366449/2018/01/28/madisons-finest-take-part-in-battle-of-the-badges-to-fight-opioid-epidemic
Coaching reduces opioid prescribing at UW Health clinics
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/coaching-reduces-opioid-prescribing-at-uw-health-clinics/article_0975a963-25fc-5bc6-86ab-4bb8045259da.html
