Cook County recorded 1,026 confirmed opioid overdose deaths in 2024, a preliminary number as the Medical Examiner’s Office said it’s still awaiting results from hundreds of toxicology tests. The agency said it anticipates another 200 to 300 of its pending cases will be determined to have been opioid-related.

The number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County dropped dramatically in 2024, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Last year in Cook County,

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At the Metro Drug Coalition, Jessica Stanley attributes this big decrease in part to their efforts of getting out to people in Knox County and offering them help. Stanley acknowle