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Sheriff: Lake County man sold deadly combination of heroin, fentanyl
Oct 30, 2019 3:47 PM - A Park City man is behind bars in the Lake County jail facing charges that he sold a Lake Villa-area woman a deadly dose of heroin laced with fentanyl. -
4 years in prison for Cary woman in Xanax overdose that killed 19-year-old
Oct 26, 2019 5:12 PM - A Cary woman was sentenced Friday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge to providing Alprazolam, or Xanax, to a 19-year-old in spring 2018 that resulted in a fatal overdose. -
How prescription drug takeback events are combating the opioid crisis
Oct 25, 2019 7:37 AM - When the DEA partnered with police across the country to collect unused prescription drugs, it was mainly to reduce the environmental hazards of improper disposal. Nearly a decade and 12 million pounds of pills later, the effort is a key part of the effort to combat the opioid crisis.
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Constable: Veterinarians need to be dogged about opioid abuse
Oct 17, 2019 10:16 AM - Opioids aren't just a human concern. A team of veterinarians at the University of Illinois launched a program this week warning that oral opioids aren't doing the job for dogs in pain, and can be a gateway for abuse by humans.
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Prosecutors: DUI arrest of St. Charles man turns up cache of drugs
Oct 17, 2019 2:12 PM - A 26-year-old St. Charles man faces numerous felony drug charges after a DUI arrest in Elburn early Wednesday turned up Ecstasy, Ketamine, cocaine, and Xanax pills, according to Kane County prosecutors. -
Lisle man charged with drug-induced homicide of Darien man
Oct 15, 2019 2:08 PM - A Lisle man has been charged with drug-induced homicide for supplying fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a 19-year-old Darien man in August. -
Carpentersville man sentenced to 11 years in drug case
Oct 10, 2019 5:28 PM - A Carpentersville man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for possessing cocaine he intended to deliver, the Kane County state's attorney's office announced Thursday. -
$1 million fed grant to help DuPage study, fight opioid addiction
Oct 7, 2019 7:11 PM - A $1 million federal grant will help DuPage County offer medication-assisted opioid addiction treatment to jail inmates, and support a new team that will study overdose deaths. -
New trial for man convicted of running down police officer in Carpentersville
Sep 30, 2019 5:35 PM - A state appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial for a downstate man found guilty of running down a police officer when an undercover drug operation in Carpentersville turned violent. -
From soup to markers, drug-sniffing airport dog's nose knows narcotics
Sep 28, 2019 5:13 PM - Ecstasy in a soup package? The drug-sniffing dogs at O'Hare will nose it out.
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