In collaboration with the Sauk County Health and Wellness Coalition, the Sauk County Health Department is forming a new initiative to build community partnerships to prevent substance abuse. A kickoff meeting of the initiative will be held on November 8, 2017 from 1:00-2:30 PM at the West Square Building basement room B24 at 505 Broadway in Baraboo. All are welcome to attend. Sauk County is facing an epidemic of drug misuse that includes prescription opioids, heroin, methamphetamines, and other substances. In recent years, the county has expanded access to both treatment for substance use disorders and to medications that can reverse opioid overdoses. “We’ve made great progress in substance abuse
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