Drug Overdose

Some Central Illinois lawmakers are pushing for harsher punishments for selling fentanyl as the state sees a decline in opioid deaths.

In all, 3,502 people died from an overdose in Illinois in 2023, which is 317 fewer than in 2022, data show.

Chestnut Health Systems and the McLean County Health Department have invested in vending machines that will freely dispense the overdose reversal medication Narcan, and the county recently started making payments to Chestnut for a contracted opioid prevention coordinator.

A Peoria-based nonprofit aimed at overdose prevention, called JOLT Harm Reduction, is expanding its services to McLean County.

Managers of an overdose recovery program in McLean County say they are making a difference, despite challenges in getting addicts to participate.Since the…

McLean County saw a slight drop in overdose deaths last year, but the coroner said the spread of powerful narcotics remains a problem.Coroner Kathleen…

Drug overdose deaths dropped in McLean County in 2018 after a dramatic rise the year before.Coroner Kathy Yoder said there were 28 confirmed overdose…

McLean County health officials and law enforcement marked International Overdose Awareness Day on Friday with the planting of 40 memorials outside the Law…

BLOOMINGTON - McLean County health officials and law enforcement marked International Overdose Awareness Day on Friday with the planting of 40 memorials…

Medical professionals in Illinois now have to undergo training on how to safely prescribe opioids.That's one of several measures Gov. Bruce Rauner signed…