OSF HealthCare: Taking Charge of the Opioid Epidemic
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
DANVILLE, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- OSF HealthCare issued the following news:
Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of death nationwide for people under the age of 50. Not illness, accidents or violence. Drug overdose.
In Illinois, opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people since 2008. In 2016 alone, nearly 1,900 people died of overdoses. That is almost twice the number of fatal car and motor vehicle accidents that year.
Ellen and Lowell Mennenga's . . .
Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of death nationwide for people under the age of 50. Not illness, accidents or violence. Drug overdose.
In Illinois, opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people since 2008. In 2016 alone, nearly 1,900 people died of overdoses. That is almost twice the number of fatal car and motor vehicle accidents that year.
Ellen and Lowell Mennenga's . . .