Security Health Plan Making Prevention of Drug Abuse a Top Priority
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 -- 8:03 AM
-More than 40 Americans die each day from overdoses involving prescription opioids.The toll has led Security Health Plan of Wisconsin to join Wisconsin’s state health plan, the Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse and many communities in making the prevention of drug abuse a top health priority. Security Health Plan is investing up to $150,000 in Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Grants to support communities in their efforts to prevent the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. Funding may be used to develop new projects or programs, or to improve existing programs.
Reducing unhealthy and risky prescription drug use will help relieve the annual $78.5 billion opioid dependence costs the healthcare system, according to the Center for Disease Control. What’s more, it will combat the rising count of opioid-related deaths in Wisconsin: From 2003 to 2014, the count rose from 194 to 622, making opioid-related deaths a leading cause of injury deaths in Wisconsin. Help Security Health Plan intervene. The grant application deadline is April 14th.
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