The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office released preliminary statistics for cases it handled in 2023 that show the county is on pace to match 2022’s record for opioid overdose deaths. Homicides fell by more than 24% in Cook County from their peak in 2021, and by 14% from 2022.
While the office still awaits the results of hundreds of toxicology tests, it already has confirmed 1,540 opioid overdose deaths for 2023. The vast majority of…
