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Drug Addiction

Experts weigh stakes of youth gambling in America

  • Mar 28

Fentanyl deaths down in Cook Co.; advocates warn against complacency

  • Nov 18, 2025

Judge will approve opioid settlement with Purdue and Sackler family

  • Nov 14, 2025

Jada's Journey hosting walk for addiction, mental health awareness

  • Sep 13, 2025

DEA chief warns of meth surge, says it 'frightens' him

  • Jul 15, 2025

Opioid overdose spike during heat wave triggers city's alert system

  • Jun 25, 2025

Opioid-related overdose deaths declining: CDC data

  • Mar 8, 2025

Jada's Journey to host annual holiday fundraiser for families in need

  • Dec 7, 2024

Latest Videos

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Documentary on drug addiction to debut Friday in Woodstock

  • Aug 31, 2023
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'Sesame Street' to help children of defendants in Cook Co. drug court

  • Jul 19, 2023
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Illinois lawmakers look to make misuse of Xylazine tranq 'zombie drug' a crime

  • Feb 25, 2023
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I-Team Insider: Desperate effort to stop spread of Xylazine

  • Feb 11, 2023
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Families file lawsuit against Snapchat over drug delivery deaths

  • Feb 2, 2023
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Cook County reports twice as many people die from opioids than gun violence in 2022

  • Dec 30, 2022
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Church choir uses music to heal wounds of the soul

  • Nov 28, 2022
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Matthew Perry book: 'Friends' actor describes addiction in new memoir

  • Oct 20, 2022

Latest Stories

GLP-1 weight loss drugs may help reduce addiction, overdose risks: Study

Those who took Ozempic or a similar drug had a 40% lower chance of overdosing on opioids and a 50% lower chance of getting drunk compared to those who didn't take the medication, the study found.

  • Oct 17, 2024

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted for allegedly allowing criminal activity on social media app

The Russian tech CEO is among the wealthiest people in the world, with an estimated net worth of $15.5 billion, according to Forbes.

  • Aug 28, 2024

Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar opioid settlement that shielded Sackler family

The case dealt with the fate of a company and its leaders who produced and promoted a highly addictive drug, OxyContin, in the early days of an opioid crisis that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and shattered many more.

  • Jun 27, 2024
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Walgreens announces it will sell a generic version of over-the-counter Narcan

Walgreens announced Wednesday it will be selling a generic version of over-the-counter naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses.

  • May 16, 2024

Cook and DuPage counties seeing reduction in overdose deaths, ABC7 I-Team analysis finds

An ABC7 I-Team analysis offers a less ominous takeaway after a DEA report assessed the illicit drug trade in Chicago and across the U.S. as the "deadliest drug crisis ever."

  • May 11, 2024