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Officials need to work on providing more harm reduction programs to save lives — and people with substance use disorder need compassion, experts said.
NAPERVILLE — Lelia Peradotti learned about fentanyl while she was baking cookies.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Lelia Peradotti learned about fentanyl while she was baking cookies. She still remembers that phone call from her mother, Susan Peradotti, who was in shock after she walked into her partner’s apartment to find him slumped over the kitchen sink next to a hot stove, a cold spoon and a white powder. A coroner’s report reviewed by Susan Peradotti found the synthetic opioid ...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration suspended Evergreen Park Pharmacy’s ability to dispense certain medications after it allegedly gave patients dangerous amounts and combinations of drugs.
People are showing up at Gateway Foundation sicker than ever from drug and alcohol addiction because of various factors at play in the third year...