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Milwaukee is Losing a Generation of Black Men to Drug Crisis

February 1, 2025

Older Black men account for a growing share of Milwaukee drug deaths as fentanyl creeps into cocaine supplies, catching a generation unaware. By Edgar Mendez and Devin Blake Milwaukee … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Desilynn Smith, Devin Blake, Drug Addiction, Edgar Mendez, Fentanyl, Hamid Abd-Al-Jabbar, Narcan, Overdose Deaths, Serenity Inns

If You Use Drugs, Test Them – Free Fentanyl Test Strips 414-286-8600

August 17, 2024

City of Milwaukee Health Department Visit milwaukee.gov/narcan … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fentanyl, Fentanyl Strips

‘They die so quickly’: Fentanyl killing 1,000+ people in Wisconsin each year

June 24, 2023

Many teenagers dying from the drug aren’t addicted, says one mother who lost her son to fentanyl. ‘They’re taking pills to make themselves feel better.’ By Max Stapleton and Grace … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Erin Rachwal, Fentanyl, Grace Friedman, Logan Rachwal, Max Stapleton, Opiods, Overdose Deaths, Rick Rachwal

Father Launches ‘One Pill Kills’ Social Media Campaign After Son’s Overdose Death

February 18, 2022

By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Edgar Mendez, Fentanyl, Isaac Bubba Solis Jr., One Pill Kills, Overdose Deaths

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Fentanyl: The New Jack-Of-All-Trades

January 15, 2022

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Drug abuse is not new. From morphine to molly, there have been any number of medical and illicit substances that have commanded our attention. … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fentanyl, Fentanyl Strips, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Overdose Deaths

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Drug Paraphernalia or Life Saver?

July 10, 2021

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Drug abuse is not new. From morphine to “molly”, there have been any number of medical and illicit substances that have commanded our … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fentanyl, Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor

Amid Surge in Drug Overdose Deaths, City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force Fails to Meet

April 17, 2021

By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: City-County Heroin Opioid and Cocaine Task Force, Edgar Mendez, Fentanyl, Opiods, Overdose Deaths, Paul Mozina, Ryan Clancy

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