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Outreach workers distribute supplies of Defent One, a fentanyl detection device, and Narcan along West Lake Street on Dec. 30, 2025, outside the West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force offices in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Todd C. Smith: Who deserves credit for the drop in Cook County’s opioid overdose deaths?

January 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago saw a dramatic decrease in opioid overdose deaths in 2025. Law enforcement and public health professionals worked in parallel on this issue.

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