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The nation's opioid epidemic has prompted Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin to start enforcing strict rules on what kind of drugs can be dispensed in the…
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Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs joined his counterparts in West Virginia and Pennsylvania to call on the McKesson Corporation to take greater action…
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Several people with ties to a Rockford home health care agency have been indicted in a national crackdown on opioids.Zosima Victuelles, Mylene Masiclat,…
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said the Republican effort to repeal and replace the federal Affordable Care Act could devastate drug treatment clinics by…
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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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Medical marijuana is still new to Illinois, but some lawmakers are taking a look at expanding its use to help stem the opioid epidemic.State senators…
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Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are working together to address the opioid epidemic affecting their area as well as the…
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Tom Vilsack knows the life-altering effects of addiction. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary watched his mother battle drugs and alcohol and…
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U.S. prisons are experimenting with a high-priced monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay off opioids after their release.The drug is…
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Regulators have suspended the license of an Illinois doctor known as "Dr. Million Pills" for lavishly prescribing opioid painkillers without examining…