What is fentanyl used for? Opioid overdose statistics show an increase in deaths in Illinois, federal public health investigators said.
The opioid crisis is a public health epidemic taking lives at an alarming rate, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Fentanyl is becoming pretty prevalent in in the area, as an additive," Dr. Stephen Spontak, emergency physician at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, told the I-Team.
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