DHS Observes International Overdose Awareness Day by Awarding Grants to Make More Life-Saving Tools Available

Elizabeth.Goodsitt August 21, 2023
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DHS Observes International Overdose Awareness Day by Awarding Grants to Make More Life-Saving Tools Available Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is expanding its commitment to ending drug overdoses and related harms. Grants have been awarded to 15 county, municipal, nonprofit, and tribal nation agencies to make life-saving resources more available in communities with a high need through vending machines in public places stocked with free fentanyl test strips and NARCAN®, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. “By funding these…

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August 21, 2023

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