GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin’s Attorney General Brad Schimel visited Green Bay Friday touting the success of the statewide Dose of Reality Campaign.
Schimel stopped by the city’s police department and spoke about the program, which started about a year ago, to help prevent prescription painkiller abuse in the state.
“More people die from prescription medications than from heroin and cocaine combined,” said Schimel.
They initiative has been working well. That success has proved itself in days like Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day.
Schimel says in 2015 they collected 2 semi-truck loads of medications but shattered that record this spring.
“In April of this year, we made it 3 semi-trucks full, over 64,000 pounds, made us number 3 in America.”
The public can get rid of unwanted medications Saturday, October 22 through a series of drop-off locations statewide.
The Green Bay Police Department, at 307 S. Adams Street, also serves as a drop-off location year round and has a receptacle for unwanted drugs in the lobby year round.
