Drug overdoses spike in western Wisconsin, raising safety concerns in Minnesota - Austin Daily Herald

Drug overdoses spike in western Wisconsin, raising safety concerns in Minnesota - Austin Daily Herald

By Molly Castle Work sChris Eberlein, an emergency medical physician at Emplify Health in La Crosse, said the number of overdoses cases his team treats has more than tripled since late July. Eberlein, who oversees Emplify’s ambulance services across western Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota and Iowa, said the emergency response teams typically field one to three overdose cases a week. But in recent weeks, it’s been eight to 10 per week, and he gr…