Naloxone

The Central Illinois opioid crisis affects all ages in all zip codes. That’s the message from a gathering of regional police, fire and community members…

The Human Service Center of Peoria has started distributing free opioid overdose kits to the public in an effort funded by a federal grant.At least 16…

Some law enforcement agencies in northern Illinois are finding creative ways to replenish their supplies of a pricey emergency drug that can save the…

A new law makes a drug that counteracts opioid overdose easier to get. But is that enough? Northlake resident Steve Kamenicky is lucky to be alive. He’s...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Trained pharmacists in Illinois soon will be able to dispense the overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription.…

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies in Macon County in central Illinois are learning to save lives by administering a medicine that reverses the…