Opioids include prescription pain relievers such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxymorphone and morphine. The synthetic drug fentanyl is also an opioid, along with heroin.
Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, is expected to match the number of opioid overdoses from 2022 in 2023, and the medical examiner's office says 90% involved fentanyl.
New laws including four that address the Fentanyl crisis and addiction in Oregon are taking affect next week at the start of a new calendar year.Here is list o