Of the 2024 opioid overdose death cases recorded so far, 87% involved fentanyl. Chicago and Illinois overall don’t face this epidemic alone, however. Opioid overdose deaths plague every corner ...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing Walgreens of filling millions of unlawful opioid prescriptions ... for the Northern District of Illinois Walgreen Boots Alliance ...

including for dangerous amounts of opioids, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the complaint says the drugstore chain's ...

GREENACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A Greenacres man was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on Friday for selling thousands of synthetic opioids 'stronger than fentanyl.' Blake Alfonso Kolessa ...

Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid. Two of the men, Peter Haslam and Adrian Davies, overdosed and went ...

The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging the company knowingly filled illegal prescriptions with no medical purpose, including opioids. Walgreens is ...

“These laws are critically important in protecting our communities from the dangers of the opioid epidemic,” said acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois.

Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be prescribed in formal medical settings to relieve severe pain and treat breakthrough pain when ...

with a significant rise in heroin and synthetic opioid coinvolvement, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Tonazzina H. Sauda, M.B.B.S., ...

The civil complaint, filed in a northern Illinois district court ... involved “dangerous and excessive quantities of opioids, prescriptions for early refills of opioids and prescriptions ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) in Illinois federal court ... practices allowed millions of opioid pills and other controlled ...