Chicago-area medical examiner’s data shows 90% of 2023 opioid overdoses involved drug pouring in across border

Data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Illinois shows that 90% of opioid overdoses last year involved fentanyl, which the Centers for Disease Control claims has plagued the United States for years. Chicago, located in Cook County, recorded 2,001 opioid overdose deaths in 2022, more than triple the number of deaths recorded […]