Adopt newer, more innovative treatments to help relieve strain on law enforcement.
As a former deputy sheriff, state legislator and director of the Door/Kewaunee Drug Task Force, I have seen up close the impacts of the opioid abuse crisis and efforts to combat it.
Unfortunately, the crisis has reached epidemic proportions here in Wisconsin. Opioid abuse-related deaths have more than tripled since 2003, and more than 600 people died in the last year from an overdose. Law enforcement, from police and correctional officers to forensic crime labs and court prosecutors, are on the front lines of this battle.
