Cook County and Chicago officials are warning of an alarming rise in opioid-related overdose deaths in recent years, with thousands of deaths linked to overdoses.
Melissa Ledesma's daughter is one of the many lives lost to the epidemic.Angel was 20 years old and died of a heroin overdose in June. Ledesma says her daughter was on a path to recovery and had visited several rehab facilities."This is way more prevalent than people realize. Addiction doesn’t discriminate," said Ledesma."The majority of these people are not intending to use Fentanyl. They’re literally putting drugs in your drugs.
"They're not really going out with the intention of taking Fentanyl. They may be taking a pill whether it's to help them study or at a party, and they think it's safe. They procured the pill online, but they don't know this pill has been laced with Fentanyl," he said."The only safe medication to take is that which has been prescribed by your doctor and dispensed at a registered pharmacy.
To combat the growing problem, the city and state partnered to launch an opioid hotline to offer immediately available medication to Chicagoans to treat opioid use disorder. Medication-assisted recovery involves the use of FDA-approved medications for the treatment.is a free statewide resource available 24/7 through the Illinois Department of Human Services.
The city has also made NARCAN more widely available in public places, including at more than two dozen public libraries.
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