For the first time in more than a decade, drug overdose deaths declined in DuPage County.
They were down 24-percent last year compared to the previous year.
Greg Hart is a former DuPage County Commissioner and served as the chairman of the DuPage County Heroin-Opioid Prevention & Education – or HOPE – taskforce.
He joined the WGN Evening news to talk about the findings.
More information at https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1177.php
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