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According to the CDC, addiction and substance abuse increased during the pandemic. A critical resource for recovery are sober living facilities. These spaces are structured communities that support recovering addicts, but the number of available spots hasn’t matched the growing need in southeast Wisconsin.

Milwaukee’s VA Medical Center is one of three Wisconsin facilities, and among 4,000 nationwide hosting the VA’s first-ever medication Take Back Day event on Saturday.

Free fentanyl test strips are now available at dozens of locations throughout Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition is working to address Milwaukee’s drug epidemic and on August 31, the coalition marked International Overdose Awareness Day. Dozens of people gathered in Humboldt Park to honor survivors and to remember the people who lost their lives to overdoses.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announced Monday that it installed 21 Narcan kits at its Milwaukee, Waukesha and Washington County campuses.

Filmmaker Jamie Boyle’s own family had addiction creep into their lives. Her documentary, Anonymous Sister, shows the before, during and after addiction — and the ramifications it sends throughout families, communities and the country.

Homicides in Milwaukee continue at roughly double the pace of last year at this time. On-site death investigators gather evidence at sites of homicides, suicides and accidents that may help bring closure to grieving friends and relatives, and the police.

Science journalist Jennifer Walter who wrote about Delta-8 THC for this month's Milwaukee Magazine, explains what it is and its current regulation.

Wisconsin is set to receive about $400 million as part of a proposed $26 billion national legal settlement over the opioid crisis. Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wisconsin's share of the settlement with the three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday.

Each year the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council selects a governing member to deliver the annual address. This year, that person is John Johnson of Luc du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.