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Trivia Firecrackers win Academic Olympiad
Pictured is Team Trivia Firecrackers from Immaculate Conception Grade School (ICGS), which claimed the title of champion of the 2017 Academic Olympiad, hosted by ICCP. Sponsored by the ICCP Social Studies Department and the ICCP Model United Nations Team, participants were quizzed on a variety of subjects including math, science, theology, English, art, social studies, and foreign language, along with current events and pop culture.
DuPage County releases 2017 opioid statistics The DuPage County Coroner’s Office has completed all sus- 2015 pected opioid related deaths from 2017. The numbers are star(# of deaths) tling and show that there continues to be a serious problem of 36 = Heroin alone addiction and death related to legal and illegal opioids. 7 = Heroin/Fentanyl mixture The trend towards the mixture of the opioid fentanyl into the 8 = Fentanyl alone heroin and the emergence of fentanyl analogues in the ChicagoTotal deaths = 51 land area continues as a serious problem. These fentanyl analogues are very strong and we have identified another death due 2016 to carfentanyl, which is 10,000 stronger than morphine. 36 = Heroin alone These numbers do not reflect the lives who have been saved 26 = Heroin/Fentanyl mixture by police, fire and medical personnel using the opioid antidote 16 = Fentanyl alone naloxone. If this life saving drug had not been widely used, the 17 = Prescription medications number of deaths would be much higher. Total deaths (illegal Drugs) = 78
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Total deaths (all opioids) = 95 2017 23 = Heroin alone 32 = Heroin/Fentanyl mixture 17 = Fentanyl alone 23 = Prescription medications Total deaths (illegal drugs) = 72 Total deaths (all opioids) = 95 These numbers reveal that our work is not done in the quest to eradicate this epidemic. We must continue to bring education to our citizens about this problem to prevent the use of opioids, treat those who are addicted and eradicate the supply of illegal drugs.
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