Published by admin on Tue, 11/06/2018 - 7:24pm
The nation remains in the grip of an opioid epidemic, as heroin and synthetic fentanyl continue to flood the market. So far in 2018, the Will County Coroner’s Office has reported 63 cases of overdose deaths related to heroin/fentanyl intoxication.
Those numbers include two confirmed deaths in Braidwood and one in Wilmington.
But Braidwood’s top cop said the city remains at the forefront, where officers are battling the crisis – and winning.
