Organizers called for Illinois to allow safe-use sites, where people can use drugs under supervision of medical professionals and be guided toward recovery resources.
Overdose prevention groups continue to offer innovative solutions such as stocking old newspaper distribution boxes with anti-overdose medicine but say such efforts are not enough as deaths continue to rise.
Cook County residents continue to die of opioid overdoses at an unprecedented rate, with fatalities reaching an all-time high last year, according to data released Tuesday.