It's a problem that's growing across the country, especially in Northeast Wisconsin: opioid addiction and abuse.
U.S. Attorney General addressed the issue Tuesday during his visit to the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children conference in Green Bay.
The crowd included everyone from drug counselors to police officers, all eager to hear what AG Sessions would say.
Sessions focused primarily on prevention of drug abuse and stopping doctors who prescribe painkillers and other opioids when they shouldn't.
However, he also talked about the number of kids impacted by drugs, which was the focus of the national conference.
Sessions said more than 60,000 people died last year in the U.S. from overdoses, the largest number ever reported.
"We're having purity rates 70 percent, some 90 percent," he said. "We never saw that in the years before, during my experience. So more children are being endangered than ever before."
Some police departments in Northeast Wisconsin said they are getting more drug calls that involve children.
The Green Bay Police Department said it responds to about one per month.
Wisconsin Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) said Monday he hopes to see drug manufacturers held accountable for the growing problem, blaming them for making the problem worse.
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