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Opioids

DEA warns of dangers of new drug hitting Chicago streets

  • Mar 5

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

FDA pushes for ban of potent Kratom derivative 7-OH amid risks

  • Jul 30, 2025

States agree to $7.4 billion opioid settlement

  • Jun 16, 2025

Walgreens agrees to pay up to $350M in opioid case

  • Apr 21, 2025

Opioid-related overdose deaths declining: CDC data

  • Mar 8, 2025

CVS filled 'excessive quantities of opioids,' 'trinity cocktails': DOJ

  • Dec 19, 2024

Latest Videos

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Use of opioid overdose antidote by laypersons soars

  • Oct 15, 2024
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Cook County Jail opioid treatment program is trailblazer in Illinois

  • Mar 28, 2024
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Sen. Dick Durbin vows fight against 'gas station heroin'

  • Mar 18, 2024
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Major advertising group agrees to $350M opioid crisis settlement

  • Feb 2, 2024
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Cook County sees record 2,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2022

  • Jul 28, 2023
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Nearly 300 arrested in operation targeting Darknet trafficking: DOJ

  • May 2, 2023
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The fentanyl crisis in America

  • Mar 9, 2023
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Cook County reports twice as many people die from opioids than gun violence in 2022

  • Dec 30, 2022

Latest Stories

Use of opioid overdose antidote by laypersons rose 43% from 2020 to 2022, study finds

After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018.

  • Oct 15, 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

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

As fentanyl-laced drugs kill thousands of Americans, should dealers be charged with murder?

Potent and deadly street drugs, most laced with fentanyl, continue to kill Americans at staggering rates. Should prosecutors be able to charge dealers with murder for those deaths?

  • May 10, 2024

Cook County Jail's inmate opioid treatment programs SMART and THRIVE are trailblazers in Illinois

In a trailblazing accredited program that is the only one of its kind in Illinois, Cook County Jail inmates received opioid addiction treatment that could save their lives and their futures.

  • Mar 28, 2024