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Before a downsized version of the Maxwell Street Market reopens at its original home near UIC's campus, we asked Sun-Times readers to share their memories of what made the old market such a great place.
U.S. death rates from drugs are at an all-time high. Fentanyl and other opioids are claiming lives across the population. But politicians are still clinging to outdated concepts of stigmatization and punishment. Drug task force workers are fighting for a better approach.
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.
CHICAGO, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute of Medicine of Chicago will hold a joint program and panel discussion on 'Integrating and Building Lives – From Homelessness to Self-Sufficiency'
The facility is a partnership between the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Community Outreach Intervention Projects program and the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force. Their goal is curbing overdose deaths