opioid

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.

Kentucky's Democratic attorney general has filed a sixth lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company for deceptive marketing of opioid-based painkillers.Andy…

An Illinois House panel has endorsed a proposal expanding the use of medical marijuana to fight the state's opioid crisis.The House Executive committee…

An Illinois Senate bill that would expand the use of medical marijuana in order to combat the state's opioid crisis has been referred to the Illinois…

Investigators say a 14-year-old boy found dead last year in his suburban Chicago home died from an overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl.Maywood…

The Illinois Department of Human Services has hired a Boston-based company to run an opioid help hotline despite receiving proposals from at least three…

Prosecutors in a northern Illinois county are increasingly taking their battle against illegal drugs and the national opioid epidemic to the people who've…

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…

Police in northwestern Illinois will soon try out new tests meant to quickly detect if drivers have drugs in their systems. Carol Stream police will begin…