Category: Opioids

Raoul announces $335 million settlement with Mylan over role in opioid crisis

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 11, 2025 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Illinois will receive roughly $9 million as part of a $335 million national settlement with pharmaceutical company Mylan over its alleged role in the opioid crisis.

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Senate committee approves classifying xylazine as controlled substance

by Ryan Voyles | Apr 3, 2025 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0

A Senate committee approved a plan Wednesday that would relabel xylazine, a tranquilizer often mixed with fentanyl, as a controlled substance.

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House committee approves proposal to create overdose prevention site pilot program

by Ryan Voyles | Mar 14, 2025 | Legislature, Opioids, Top Stories | 0

A House committee approved a plan Thursday that could allow overdose prevention sites to open in Chicago.

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Republicans reintroduce proposals to address fentanyl

by Ryan Voyles | Mar 11, 2025 | Legislature, Opioids, Top Stories | 0

Illinois Senate Republicans last week called on their colleagues to support their plans to address the fentanyl epidemic.

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Illinois overdose deaths drop over 8 percent in 2023

by Ryan Voyles | Mar 7, 2025 | Opioids, Top Stories | 0

Drug overdose deaths in Illinois dropped 8.3 percent in 2023, the first time the Department of Public Health has reported an annual drop since 2018.

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Category: Opioids

Raoul announces $335 million settlement with Mylan over role in opioid crisis

Senate committee approves classifying xylazine as controlled substance

House committee approves proposal to create overdose prevention site pilot program

Republicans reintroduce proposals to address fentanyl

Illinois overdose deaths drop over 8 percent in 2023

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