Prescription Drugs (Recent Deaths)
Luke Murphy, 19, of New London, was found dead around 6 a.m. Monday at Sandburg Hall after attending an off-campus party the night before. A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee spokesman says the prescription drug suboxone may have played a role in a freshman's death. Click here to read the full story.
UW-Milwaukee student, Troy Kelm, is charged with providing Luke Murphy with Suboxone (the prescription drug which may have contributed to the death of his friend). Click here to read the full story.
UW-Milwaukee freshman Alli Raddatz, 18, was found dead at a house on the 3000 block of Frederick Avenue on Saturday morning Feb. 21 due to overdosing on a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol. Click here to read the full story.
No one has yet been charged in death of 15-year-old Maddie Kiefer, a teenage from Whitefish Bay, but the district attorney is still reviewing possible charges against three people, including the man police call a known drug dealer. According to the manufacturer, Suboxone is used as a treatment for opiate addiction -- drugs such as heroin and oxycodone -- and can also produce a high. According to a friend of Keifer's, the dealer sold Kiefer a Suboxone tablet on credit for $8. A school counselor at Whitefish Bay High School told 12 news a lot of other kids out there are at risk, and prescription drugs seem to be the problem. Click here to read the full story.
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