WTTW (9/5/19)
There were more than 2,000 opioid-related deaths in Illinois in 2017, including 399 in suburban Cook County. Just over half of those deaths – 202 – involved fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin.
“The opioid overdose epidemic is a serious public health crisis,” said Dr. Kiran Joshi, senior medical director of the Cook County Department of Public Health.
To draw attention to the epidemic, Cook County recently launched a new website to tell the story of the opioid crisis through maps, statistics and narratives.
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