% SAFE.
% >> THIS WEEK THE LEGISLATURE'S
% JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE
% APPROVED THE ALLOCATION OF 31
% MILLION DOLLARS IN OPIOID
% SETTLEMENT FUNDS AWARDED TO THE
% STATE OF WISCONSIN.
% THE ACTION COMES AFTER
% REPUBLICANS REJECTED THE
% DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
% PROPOSAL LAST MONTH.
% OVERALL THE FUNDING WILL GO
% TOWARD THE DISTRIBUTION OF
% NARCAN AND FENTANYL TESTING
% STRIPS.%MEDICATION ASSISTED
TREATMENT,
% TRIBAL NATIONS AND LAW
% ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.%GOP CO
MMITTEE MEMBERS SAID THEY
% AGREED WITH 85% OF THE ORIGINAL
% PLAN BUT AMENDED IT TO
% PRIORITIZE FUNDS FOR LAW
% ENFORCEMENT OVER FAMILY SUPPORT
% PROGRAMS.
% >> UNFORTUNATELY, JOSH KAUL AND
% TONY EVERS CONTINUE TO TURN
% THEIR BACK ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
% AND DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH
% PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
% COMMUNITIES.%THAT'S AN IMPORT
ANT PART OF
% TODAY'S PLAN.
% >> I THINK IT'S NEGLIGENT IN
% THIS SITUATION IF WE DON'T
% SPEAK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
% I CALLED THE SHERIFF OF ST.
% CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTY AND
% EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADER I
% KNEW IN MY DISTRICT ASKING THEM
% WHAT IS HAPPENING.
% >> FAMILY CENTERS THE MONEY WAS
% CUT AND THAT MOVED OVER TO THE
% LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THINGS.
% I CAN TELL YOU, THE AMOUNT OF
% QUESTIONS OUR FAMILY HAS WHEN
% SOMEBODY IS GOING THROUGH THE
% STRUGGLES OF ADDICTION.
% IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S
% ALCOHOLISM OR OPIOIDS OR
% WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
% THERE ARE A MILLION PLACES TO
% TURN TO BUT THERE AREN'T ANY TO
% TURN TO.
% FAMILIES DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
% THE MORE RURAL YOU ARE IN THIS
% STATE, THE TOUGHER IT IS TO GET
% ANSWERS.
% SO THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
% THESE WILL HELP THE STABILITY
% OF THE FAMILY UNIT.
% THESE WILL HELP THE FAMILY