ILLINOIS HAS SEEN A NOTABLE INCREASE IN DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN RECENT YEARS…PARTICULARLY WITH OPIOIDS LIKE HEROIN AND OXYCONTIN. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SPOKESPERSON MEREDITH KRANTZ SAYS THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM FROM SEVERAL ANGLES INCLUDING...

 

 

THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT NEW TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AND TO SET UP A NEW OPIOID CRISIS HOTLINE

 

 

THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT WHICH INCLUDES ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS FOR STATES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO BATTLE OPIOID ABUSE.

 

FUNDS WILL ALSO GO TOWARDS MORE TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN DEALING WITH OPIOID OVERDOSES…AND ESTABLISHING A NEW OPIOID CRISIS HOTLINE.