'These choices that they're making, they're not able to learn from their mistakes because they're dying,' said Kathy Zander, whose son died after ingesting drugs that contained fentanyl.
Now, COVID deaths have dropped, but the morgue still needs extra space due to deaths from fentanyl.
Opioid-related deaths in Cook County have nearly tripled from 675 in 2017 to nearly 2,000 deaths last year.Deaths rose from 6,000 in 2015 to over 63,000 last year. Caitlin Strebing's 35-year-old brother accidentally overdosed on fentanyl last year. She now advocates for substance abuse disorders and fentanyl awareness.
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