Wisconsin Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Opioid Addiction in Wisconsin

In 2016, there were approximately 25% more overdose deaths involving opioids in Wisconsin in comparison to the previous year. In 2018, opioids were still involved in 78% of all drug-related overdose deaths in the state. Despite the rise in recent years, in 2018 opioid prescriptions were still being written at a rate of  45.8 prescriptions for every 100 persons. Although the rare in which these prescriptions are being written is going down, the number of overdoses related to synthetic opioids is continuing to going up. Additionally, intravenous drug use has been linked to somewhere between 10 and 20% of new HIV cases diagnosed in Wisconsin just a few years ago.

Wisconsin State Meth Use

Methamphetamines are extremely addictive substances that are unfortunately prevalent in Wisconsin. The meth crisis has been something that authorities have been trying to fight for decades, especially in their metropolitan cities. In fact, a whopping 27 meth labs in Wisconsin were dismantled in 2006. Although closing down these meth labs has caused a significant decline in methamphetamine production in the area, there is still a steady stream of meth and crystal meth being imported from other areas such as Mexico. Without actually treating the addiction, users will continue to find ways to acquire this highly addictive drug.