opioid epidemic

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.

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

More than 100,000 people in the United States died from an opioid overdose last year, and more than 1.2 million could be lost to the drug epidemic within the next decade.

Hy-Vee is changing its controlled substance policy in an effort to combat the nation’s opioid drug epidemic. Pharmacies of the Iowa-based grocery store…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A group in Sangamon County hopes that a small card might just save someone's life. The Sangamon County Opioid Task Force Coalition is…

The city of Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit against three distributors of opioids citing "unlawful and unfettered" distribution of the drugs in the…

The Macon County State's Attorney's office plans to have a prosecutor specifically dedicated to dealing with opioid cases.The Macon County Board…

Two medical universities are teaming up to study how the opioid epidemic is affecting southern Illinois.Southern Illinois School of Medicine and the…

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

A county in Southern Illinois beset by drug addiction is suing Chicago-area Abbott Laboratories for its alleged role in the opioid epidemic. The lawsuit…