1 Battling opioids.

PositionIllinois - Stateline - Brief article

Across the country, deaths from abuse of opioids, primarily heroin, are on the rise, but nowhere more so than in Chicago and its suburbs, which had more heroin-related hospital visits than any major metropolitan region in 2010, Yahoo News reports. To raise awareness among Illinois residents, and parents in particular, about the dangers of heroin, lawmakers have designated Nov. 4 Heroin Abuse Awareness Day. In addition, the bipartisan Heroin Crisis Act will expand the...

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