Articles filed under Heroin
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Why lighting up your car for the holidays could put you on the naughty listDec 13, 2024 5:15 am - Showing off your holiday spirit with lights is great. Just keep it off the roadways. Putting lights on your vehicle is a violation of state law and could get you a ticket.
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More than 'Just Say No': Louie's Law would provide drug education in K-12 schoolsApr 12, 2023 5:20 am - Louie Miceli had a typical suburban childhood growing up in Medinah and later playing football while a student at Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison, says his mom,...
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Antioch man sent to prison for heroin possessionOct 07, 2022 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Antioch man convicted by a McHenry County jury for possessing heroin last year in Crystal Lake was sentenced Thursday to 6½ in prison. Derek S. Schwantner ...
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Spend opioid lawsuit settlement on programs to help kids, state's attorneys saySep 09, 2022 5:00 am - When Illinois starts spending the $760 million it is getting from the nationwide settlement of lawsuits against prescription opioid distributors and a manufacturer, some...
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Antioch police released bodycam video of officers saving an overdose victim. Here's why.Aug 26, 2022 5:00 am - When his officers responded to three more overdoses last weekend — the 15th, 16th and 17th of the year and all three involving teenagers who, fortunately, survived — Ant...
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Suburban counties sue pharmacy chains, alleging they contributed to opioid crisisAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Nineteen Illinois counties, including Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry, are suing CVS, Walgreens, Meijer, Walmart, Jewel-Osco and other major pharmacies, claiming they con...
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McHenry County sees increases in suspected overdose deathsFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - McHenry County saw a slight increase in deaths suspected to be related to opioid overdoses during the month of January, according to an alert from the McHenry County Sub...
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'Just a dad that needed to do something': How Naperville man changed law to help overdose victimsAug 27, 2021 5:00 am - If only those with Alex Green that early December morning in 2018 had sought help, maybe the 25-year-old would have gotten to spend another Christmas with his father. In...
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After son's overdose death, West Dundee family launches initiative to raise money, awarenessFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Mathew LeBlanc's original artwork adorns the walls of his family's West Dundee home. A framed printmaking piece in the foyer. A high school self-portrait in his childhoo...
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After son's overdose death, West Dundee family launches initiative to raise money, awarenessFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Mathew LeBlanc's original artwork adorns the walls of his family's West Dundee home. A framed printmaking piece in the foyer. A high school self-portrait in his childhoo...
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