Substance Use Prevention - Media Call 1_12_17

Media Call: Substance Use Prevention Experts Will Question Effectiveness of Walker's Opioid Proposal Legislators, Advocates, and Experts working with youth in urban, rural and suburban school districts to evaluate Walker Administration's opioid prevention proposals Statewide: Thursday January 12th at 1:15 PM, Citizen Action of Wisconsin will host a media call with State Senator LaTonya Johnson and substance use prevention expert Julie Whelan Capell to analyze Governor Scott Walker’s recently announced opioid prevention proposal. The Walker plan will be debated by the legislature during the state budget process. Large scale prevention is the most effective and efficient strategy to cure the epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction, but there are major questions about the scale and scope of the Walker proposal. Failing to invest in proven prevention strategies at the scale necessary to meaningfully address the opioid epidemic will leave tens of thousands of urban, rural and suburban youth at deadly risk. What: Media Call: Citizen Action of Wisconsin Joins Senator LaTonya Johnson and prevention expert to discuss Gov. Walker Opioid Epidemic Proposal