The Cary-Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, along with the Greater Crystal Lake Area and Woodstock Area chambers of commerce, recently co-hosted a ribbon-cutting to celebrate New Directions Addiction Recovery Services new home for their “A Way Out” program and their new administrative offices at 500 Coventry Lane, Suite 270, in Crystal Lake.
From prevention to recovery, dozens of McHenry County agencies fighting the opioid epidemic are proposing the best use of their share of the recent $3.4 million settlement the county was allocated in a global Big Pharma settlement.
As restitution for lives lost due to drug overdoses, McHenry County could receive $3.41 million as part of a nationwide settlement of a 2017 lawsuit filed against large opioid manufacturers and distributors, McHenry County State s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said.