A father’s bill to prevent overdose deaths like his own son’s has been signed into law. Early Christmas morning...
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Following state and national trends, Champaign County is seeing an uptick in drug overdose deaths and homicides. Over the...
Cities News – A bill providing legal protections for a person who reports a drug overdose is headed to...
DePaul News – In March 2020, Illinois enacted a stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The rules...
ABC News – No state in the U.S. has legalized safe consumption sites yet. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — There’s...
NPR – Currently, such facilities are illegal in the United States and only exist in Canada, Australia, and 10...
NBC News – The hardest hit suburbs include Worth, Broadview, Maywood and Forest Park, places with low income residents...
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Thousands of people in Illinois died from COVID-19 in 2020, but there was another issue...
The Patch News – The same group fought Hinsdale to run a home for those with addictions. CLARENDON HILLS,...
Chicago Tribune – Overdose incidents and deaths rose in Naperville in 2020, which DuPage and Will county coroners attribute...
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SC: South Carolina City Works to Map Drug Overdose Hot SpotsIn South Carolina, USANovember 15, 2021
IN: Here’s where you can find Narcan in Evansville, for treatment of opioid overdosesNovember 15, 2021
US: Heroin overdose deaths more likely to occur shortly after hospital dischargeIn USAOctober 6, 2021
NM: UNM joins study to treat neonatal opioid withdrawal syndromeIn New Mexico, USAOctober 6, 2021
OR: New drop-in peer centers opening to help with addictionOctober 2, 2021