Opioid

International Overdose Awareness Day is approaching on August 31. Cities around Illinois are preparing for events intended to remember those who’ve died…

As the death toll climbs for opioid-related overdoses in Illinois, state leaders are looking for solutions. Advocates have highlighted a Whiteside County…

Across the country, states desperate to prevent opioid addiction are considering medical cannabis as a solution.Lawmakers in several states are looking to…

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…

Several Chicago collar counties are filing lawsuits against some of the country's biggest pharmaceutical companies for contributing to the opioid crisis.…

Check your medicine cabinet. Still have painkillers left from dental surgery years ago? Leftover prescription drugs can end up in the wrong hands or…

Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 35 other attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against the makers of brand-name Suboxone. It's a prescription…