Category: Opioids

Illinois communities and agencies are receiving more than $11.2 million from the federal Department of Justice to combat the opioid epidemic, according to a recent statement. Read More

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is looking to expand his office’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. Read More

Illinois is making progress toward an ambitious goal of reducing opioid-related deaths by a third by 2020, an official from the Department of Public Health told lawmakers Monday. Read More

The number of opioid-related deaths in Illinois decreased in 2018, the first drop in five years. Read More

Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a new lawsuit targeting more than a dozen manufacturers and distributors of opioids. Read More