Have you ever had a toothache so painful, you went to the hospital for help, and they sent you home with pain pills? Plenty of people...
Gov. Tony Evers has signed three bills designed to curb opioid use in Wisconsin. The governor signed the legislation Wednesday morning at the La Crosse Lighthouse, an...
A full-time social worker could be hired by La Crosse County to manage its opioid addiction programs. The position would be funded as part of a $400,000 grant...
This year, La Crosse County has had 32 drug overdose deaths, more than double the number of drug deaths in 2019, and more than any other...
Two of the nation’s largest farming organizations came together to stop the stigma surrounding opioid abuse. The American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union established...
Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for...
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Lying inside a scanner, the patient watched as pictures appeared one by one: A bicycle. A cupcake. Heroin. Outside, researchers tracked her...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota House voted Monday night to hold drug manufacturers responsible for the state’s growing costs for dealing with the opioid...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Supporters of bills to fight opioid abuse and addiction think they have the votes at the Minnesota Legislature to pass a...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said a conference call with drug company executives Tuesday left him hopeful that the Legislature will pass...
You are now more likely from overdose on opioids than die in a car accident. That’s according to a new report from the National Safety Council....
CLEVELAND (AP) — Several drug manufacturers targeted in lawsuits over the opioid epidemic have asked a federal judge in Cleveland to sanction the man who is...
The U.S. mortality rate is on the decline. A report by the CDC last week said life expectancy for someone born in 2017 is down to...
One La Crosse judge is speaking out about the opioid epidemic. Judge Ramona Gonzalez deals with many drug cases, including one Tuesday, when she sentenced Mathew...
It’s 10 times stronger than fentanyl and 1,000 times stronger than morphine. The drug is called Dsuvia and was just approved by the FDA. While some...
The Democrat running for attorney general of Wisconsin is listing what he considers to be failures by Republican AG Brad Schimel. Josh Kaul told reporters Tuesday...
Some community leaders in La Crosse, and people active in recovery programs, are promoting anti-addiction efforts by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Baldwin, a Democrat from La...
It’s a different kind of situation separating children from their parents that’s not making the news quite as much. It is still, however, having an enormous...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is running for re-election this year in Wisconsin, opened up Tuesday about her mother’s mental illness and prescription...
