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The Congressional Bi-Partisan Heroin Task Force laid out its 2018 agenda aimed at battling drug addiction.The task force’s 16 priority bills address a…
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The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said it has used the opioid reversal drug Narcan more than a dozen times so far this year.The County has one of the…
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In the second of a two-part Perspective, I finish my thoughts on something about which I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking.Heroin. It doesn’t…
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Illinois and federal health officials are seeking penalties totaling over $100,000 from a Chicago nursing home after five residents overdosed on heroin…
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 35 other attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against the makers of brand-name Suboxone. It's a prescription…
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The rate of heroin-related overdose deaths in Winnebago County is among the highest in Illinois.Deaths involving drugs in the county nearly tripled in the…
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Heroin users in one northwestern Illinois county are finding an unusual ally when they’re ready to give up drugs…their local police.Eleven people in Lee…
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A major anti-heroin initiative is now law in Illinois. It happened yesterday, when the state Senate voted to override Governor Bruce Rauner's veto of…
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The Illinois House overwhelmingly approved a plan that seeks to curb the abuse of heroin and painkilling drugs.It's touted as a comprehensive package -…
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A new Illinois law expands the scope of a state heroin task force. Governor Pat Quinn signed the legislation yesterday. It expands the age range of the…