Substance use disorders can make daily activities difficult and impair a person’s ability to work, interact with family, and fulfill other major life functions. To promote a culture of responsible substance use in Sheboygan County, the Healthy Sheboygan County Responsible Substance Use (RSU) Action Team will focus on a community-wide approach that supports connection, resiliency, and equity.
Why is Substance Use a Priority for HSC?
It is important to recognize that alcohol and other drugs have a large scale impact on our communities. We serve those with substance use disorders by getting resources into the community from nasal naloxone to education around available services. We also work on preventing future substance use and substance use disorders through community wide initiatives that support social connection, resiliency, and equity.
Historically, Wisconsin has had a difficult time countering the alcohol culture. Excessive alcohol use can cause many issues that communities need to address such as traffic accidents and fatalities, drug and alcohol hospitalizations, and disorderly conduct and domestic disturbances. Other drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamines, and opioids have also driven a need to address substance use within our community, especially with the rise in substances containing fentanyl.
Our goal is to create an environment that encourages responsible substance use through prevention of the misuse of all substances.
Join Us
We have a number of initiatives in the works, and would love to have you get involved in any way you would like!
Priority Workplan
Our goal is to encourage responsible substance use through prevention of the misuse of all substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.