addiction

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle cited a racial disparity in enforcement of laws against the use of marijuana as the reason she now favors…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation aimed at combating fraudulent opioid prescriptions by requiring drug prescribers to use a database containing…

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is launching an awareness campaign aimed at helping the public better understand the opioid crisis. In a news release, the…

The governor’s new Opioid Prevention and Intervention Task Force made a stop in Urbana Thursday, to hear ways to curtail drug abuse in the state. The task…

Illinois may have its first complete state budget in two years, but an organization representing dozens of addiction and mental health centers in the…

Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are scrambling to address the opioid epidemic. DeWitt County Sheriff Jered Shofner says…

The top government lawyers from 19 states are telling President Donald Trump and the Republican leaders of Congress not to cut federal money for drug…

Heroin was -- and continues to be -- a major topic of concern in 2016, both nationally and in Peoria. In July, Mayor Jim Ardis announced the creation of…

A new U.S. surgeon general report calls for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction. President Barack Obama's surgeon…

U.S. prisons are experimenting with a high-priced monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay off opioids after they are released. It's called…