Deaths from heroin overdoses in Chicago’s Cook County fall 16%: Study

Deaths from heroin overdoses in Chicago’s Cook County fall 16%: Study
A new study by Roosevelt University’s Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy shows deaths from heroin overdoses in Chicago’s Cook County fell 16 percent during the last decade, but the Chicago metropolitan region still ranks among the worst in the nation for heroin use. Kimberly Dennis, M.D., eating disorder specialist at Chicago’s Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, sees the use of …
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With ‘Father of the Rain,’ Lily King tells an unflinching, beautiful story in her third novel
Electra has a few things to tell us about fathers and daughters. So does Lily King in her searing third novel, “Father of the Rain,” which excavates the powerful forces of love and dysfunction with staggering aplomb.
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