Chicago and Cook County again see fewer opioid deaths in 2025

Chicago and Cook County again see fewer opioid deaths in 2025

Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a recent peak in such cases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2025 brought a 40% drop in deaths attributed to narcotics overdoses from the prior year, according to statistics from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. As of this week, the medical examiner’s office found 683 people died of opioid overdoses last year…