The West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force is dedicated to educating West side residents and businesses on preventing drug overdose. Press Inquiries: @veelharrison
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It’s Intl Drug Overdose Awareness Day & community stakeholders throughout the 8th District are leading with compassionate care as we fight to preserve & protect each other’s lives. Thank you to all of our community partners, organizing such an amazing event of awareness today!
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As a former CPS Teacher I ran for office to fight to improve our educational systems in Illinois. I am humbled by the recognition of the Illinois Education Association and proud to be a partner as we fight for better schools, children, families, faculty, staff & communities in IL
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Special thanks to @HeroStopsHeroin, @win4recovery, @C4Recovery, @taskforceinfo, @drugfreeIL,
@RuralHealth1 for raising your voices about the importance of non-opioid choices! Thank you for your advocacy and support!
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Next on WBEZ.org/live:
Illinois will use $760 million from opioid settlements with drug distributors to fund opioid treatment and prevention programs.
🎙️Lee Rusch, @taskforceinfo
🎙️Luther Syas, @taskforceinfo
🎙️Dave Jimenez, @uicpublichealth
news.wttw.com/2022/07/29/ill…
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A WBEZ data analysis finds that the crisis has hit middle-aged Black men hardest. Advocates say the government response should be stronger. wbez.org/stories/cook-county…
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My client, The West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force (@taskforceinfo) convened by State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (@justice4all44), is now operating a SOBERING CENTER SITE at Pulaski & Van Buren, right down the street from where my bro was killed. We are helping prevent fatal overdoses.
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Governor Pritzker unveiled a plan to address the opioid crisis in Illinois.
We talked to Gail Richardson from @taskforceinfo about how communities can help people with substance abuse disorders rehabilitate:
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Opioid deaths in Chicago spiked during the pandemic’s first year, and members of the West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force are redoubling efforts to address drug use.
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I serve as Communications Director for the West Side Heroin Opioid Task Force (@taskforceinfo), convened by IL. State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (@justice4all44). Follow the Task Force and our work on reducing fatal overdoses on the west side.
Opioid deaths in Chicago spiked during the pandemic’s first year, and members of the West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force are redoubling efforts to address drug use.
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A suburban Chicago man faces federal drug charges after being arrested for possession of fentanyl & a pill press. Alongside @Chicago_Police & @CalumetCityPD, DEA will continue holding fentanyl traffickers accountable throughout the Chicagoland area. dea.gov/press-releases/2022/…
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Nation’s First Supervised Drug-Injection Sites Open in New York nytimes.com/2021/11/30/nyreg…
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Woke up on somebody’s front page… 🤩
Check out my latest piece for the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force. @taskforceinfo convened by IL State Rep La Shawn K Ford, @RepFord8
My story profiles a recovery center on Chicago’s west side in this week’s Austin Voice.
Out west ✨
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Chicago Police are ticketing cyclists in Black neighborhoods at 8 times the rate of White neighborhoods: blockclubchicago.org/2021/10… – at Chicago, IL
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I really appreciate this article by @BlockClubCHI on the severity of this opioid crisis on Chicago’s west side.
The article features The West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force (@taskforceinfo), convened by @RepFord8. I serve as the task force’s Communications Director.
Opioid-related deaths are still surging after a brutal 2020 — and the West Side is the epicenter of the crisis.
Community groups are saving lives, but officials say big policy changes are needed to prevent more deaths. buff.ly/3k0U09i
The West Side Heroin/ Opioid Task Force retweeted
How interesting is it that people with lived experience of drug use on Chicago’s West Side are the SAME people who are leading their communities to recovery!! 🙌🏾
On a Zoom with my client, @taskforceinfo and I’m SO BLESSED to be a part of this work. 🙏🏾
@RepFord8
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TRAFFIC ALERT: Numerous streets are shut down around the 600 block of Hill Avenue while @AuroraILFire battles a 3rd Alarm Fire. Please avoid the area.
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Opioid overdoses are twice as high as they were this time last year in the Chicago area. I talked to experts who said the shutdown had deprived people in recovery from the social supports and face-to-face counseling they depend on to fight addiction:
blockclubchicago.org/2020/08…
The West Side Heroin/ Opioid Task Force retweeted
Thanks so much to @BlockClubCHI for this article highlighting the @cantvchicago series, The Word Out West! We are so proud of our harm reduction team, the work they do with @taskforceinfo & their daily community outreach. #hascares #opioidcrisis #chicago blockclubchicago.org/2020/02…