Editorial: DuPage keeps pressure on, even as opioid crisis deepens dailyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DuPage County awards $125,000 in grants to help fight opioid epidemic DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, left, speaks Friday at a news conference about this year s county grants to agencies and programs addressing the opioid crisis. At right is DuPage Health Department Executive Director Karen Ayala. Susan Sarkauskas | Staff Photographer
Updated 7/23/2021 3:51 PM
DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen had grim, but not surprising, news to share on Friday: Drug overdose deaths so far this year are on par to match those in 2020, which was a record year.
So for the fourth year in a row, the Heroin/Opioid Prevention and Education Taskforce has given money to agencies and programs that help addicts.
70 to 79: 1
The coroner s office said in a statement, A thorough investigation and review of every overdose case has been undertaken to understand the circumstances and cause of this rise in overdose deaths. Personal, demographic and toxicological information was collected and reviewed to identify trends on who and how these overdoses occurred in the hope of fostering a better understanding of the problem and identifying potential solutions both on a personal and societal level.
In May 2020, the coroner s office reported a spike in overdose deaths amid the coronavirus and Illinois s stay-at-home order. Though the report added that it was not immediately clear whether the surge in overdoses could be attributed to the coronavirus crisis, a change in makeup of the drugs or a change in drug usage.
In Heavily Locked Down San Francisco, 360% More People Died from Overdoses Than COVID-19
Published: December 21, 2020
San Francisco, CA
Stay home, save lives. This is the mantra many Californians have repeated and lived by for the last 10 months as their governor instituted some of the most draconian measures in the country. Watching their economy turn to shambles as thousands of businesses close their doors forever is making some folks grow weary of the COVID-19 lockdowns, and rightfully so.
Earlier this month, the city of San Francisco issued an order shutting down outside play for kids at playgrounds. Seriously. Even dating is banned unless it’s done masked, outside, and kiss free.
The US covid pandemic has a sinister shadow—drug overdoses bmj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bmj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.