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Vernon Township's new community mental health board held its first meeting Wednesday, laying the foundation for its mission to support community-based agencies that assist residents with mental health, substance use and developmental issues.
While the state legislature's lame-duck session earlier this month was largely defined by criminal justice reform, a measure aimed at the opioid epidemic passed through both chambers more quietly. State Sen. Melinda Bush, D-Grayslake, was a sponsor of the measure, meant to add teeth to the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program, a network that collects and shares information on controlled-substance prescriptions. In 2017, she sponsored a now-law that requires prescribers to check the PMP to see if a patient has already been given controlled substances by other doctors before writi...