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The DeKalb Police Department has experienced an increase of drug related calls/overdoses over the last few days. According to a news release,…
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Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti praised DeKalb County Tuesday for its cooperative efforts in handling the opioid crisis. Sanguinetti made the comments as…
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Illinois is joining several states to abandon drug field testing by state police.The test involves putting a substance in a liquid vial to confirm the…
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More than 1,000 calls have come in to Illinois’ new helpline for opioid addiction and substance abuse.Officials say they expected the influx of calls. The…
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Government officials in Winnebago County announced Tuesday they are taking aim at the pharmaceutical industry in the fight against opioid abuse. Rockford…
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DeKalb-area officials pooled their ideas at a public forum this week on how to tackle the opioid epidemic.Experts in public health, medicine, law…
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The opioid epidemic continues to sweep across Illinois and the rest of the nation. The Trump administration recently declared it a public health…
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The statistics are sobering. Opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people in Illinois since 2008. Last year alone, that number was nearly 2,000 --…
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How serious is the opioid crisis in Illinois? Last year, 1,900 people died of opioid overdose in our state -- twice as many as those who died in car…
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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price visited Quincy Thursday morning to hear how local organizations are dealing with the rise in…