As Overdose Deaths In Indigenous And Rural Communities Climb, New Program Will Mail Wisconsinites Naloxone And Harm Reduction Supplies
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, over the past decade, Wisconsin experienced a staggering 900% increase in opioid-involved overdose deaths. Nationally, more than 100,000 people in the United States died of a drug overdose this past year alone, with rates of overdose deaths rising most quickly among Indigenous and Black communities.
