A story of recovery and hope — and a look at solutions to the opioid crisis
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The politics of opioid overdoses and fentanyl
Our weeklong focus on opioid overdoses turns to the political conversations around fentanyl across America and Illinois.
Harm reduction efforts in Illinois help keep people who use substances safe — and alive
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The state of the fentanyl crisis in Illinois
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Sam Quinones on the origins of the opioid and fentanyl crisis
All this week we are focusing on fentanyl. We begin with the writer and journalist Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic” and “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.”