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Wisconsin's Department of Health Services runs mobile syringe services directly, alongside supporting local harm reduction programs, delivering naloxone, test strips, and connections to other services. Naloxone is available under statewide standing orders for both nurses and pharmacists, letting either dispense it without a patient-specific prescription. Fentanyl test strips are legal and no-cost at many pharmacies, syringe service providers, and opioid treatment programs, and the state renewed a statewide xylazine test strip distribution effort alongside the naloxone standing order in September 2025. Wisconsin's overdose Good Samaritan law gives limited immunity from criminal prosecution to someone who seeks help for an overdose.
Wisconsin's Harm Reduction Response Team (HRRT) provides mobile outreach statewide: supply distribution, wound care, infectious disease testing, and connections to treatment and mental health services. The state's Dose of Reality initiative coordinates the broader prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery strategy, and newly formed harm reduction organizations get direct support from regional technical assistance centers (HRTACs). Wisconsin is set to receive more than $400 million total from opioid settlements with distributors and manufacturers, and has already awarded over $21 million of that to communities statewide for prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery work.
Because DHS runs mobile units directly in addition to funding local partners, the state health department's own harm reduction page is a good first stop for what is available nearby.
Last reviewed September 2026 by Penny Beach, PRS.
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Safe syringe exchange programs that reduce disease transmission and provide a connection to care.
No Cost or low-cost naloxone (Narcan) distribution to reverse opioid overdoses.
Confidential testing for HIV and Hepatitis C with connections to treatment.
Basic wound care services to prevent infections and complications.
Fentanyl test strips and drug checking services to reduce overdose risk.
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