JOLT Harm Reduction

The Peoria-based nonprofit JOLT Harm Reduction is recovering after a vandalism incident Tuesday night.

Peoria County will receive nearly $4.2 million in opioid settlement money over the next 14 years, and State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos is seeking community input on how those dollars should be spent.

Most Peoria-area communities do not currently have city ordinances in place similar to those enacted by a rural Oregon city that gained the national spotlight with its crackdown on homelessness. However, they may consider it now.

As opioid deaths across the country surged by 30% during the pandemic, Peoria County saw a decrease of 50%.

A number of new “designer” opioids and drug cocktails are available on the streets, each with its own unique, toxic chemistry that can defy identification efforts and, ultimately, treatment.

Parents Blake and Dr. Tamara Olt founded JOLT foundation in their son's honor.

The program director of JOLT Harm Reduction in Peoria thinks the time has come to find creative solutions to the nation’s drug problem.Chris Schaffner…

A potent, hard-t0-detect snythetic opioid is circulating in central Illinois.Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said brorphine has killed just under 20…

Earlier this summer, Banu Hatfield learned four men experiencing homelessness had been staying in the neighborhood near the Zion Coffee Bar she co-owns…

COVID-19 is drastically changing the day-to-day lives of people around the globe and right here in central Illinois. That includes individuals…