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The well being division has issued a caution to the general public after a 100% building up in suspected overdose deaths used to be noticed in McHenry County over the past month.
The McHenry County Division of Well being (MCDH) mentioned Monday there was an building up in deaths, suspected from overdoses, within the county throughout the month of October.
The dep. mentioned the selection of suspected overdose deaths in October used to be double in comparison to September, marking a 100% building up.
Well being officers say the deaths have no longer been showed as opioid-related but however maximum overdose deaths in McHenry County are brought about by means of opioids, maximum incessantly fentanyl, a potent artificial opioid.
Fentanyl, which is extremely deadly, is turning into extra commonplace in illicit medicine.
The well being division mentioned fentanyl is incessantly present in counterfeit capsules, even the ones offered as “legit prescription medicines” received unlawfully.
Well being officers say citizens are reminded concerning the Just right Samaritan Act, often referred to as the Emergency Clinical Products and services Get entry to Legislation of 2012.
The legislation protects folks searching for emergency help, whether or not by means of calling 911 or transporting any person to an emergency room for an overdose, in addition to the ones experiencing an overdose, from being charged or prosecuted for criminal drug ownership below specified quantities.
Fentanyl take a look at strips, which can be utilized to hit upon fentanyl in all varieties of medicine, can lend a hand save you an overdose.
Naloxone, additionally known as Narcan, can lend a hand opposite an overdose.
Fentanyl take a look at strips and Narcan are to be had without cost from the well being division at their Crystal Lake and Woodstock places of work. The ones can name 815-334-4500.
“The MCDH and its companions need citizens to stay secure and make sure they have got the provides they want,” the dept mentioned.
Provides also are to be had without cost at MCDH Narcan merchandising machines situated at The Different Facet Café and Sober Bar in Crystal Lake, McHenry County Faculty cafeteria in Crystal Lake, Neighborhood Well being Partnership in Harvard and Circle of relatives Heart of McHenry County in McHenry.
Provides also are to be had from Live4Lali, Warp Corps, The Ruin Crystal Lake Teenager Heart and A Approach Out McHenry County.
The McHenry County Substance Consciousness Coalition (SAC) supplies assets to folks and households in McHenry County to mobilize the neighborhood to construct a unified focal point and empower citizens to take part in substance consciousness.
The McHenry County SAC holds a public assembly at the fourth Monday of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the McHenry County Psychological Well being Board, 620 Dakota Side road in Crystal Lake, to deal with known substance consciousness problems within the county. The following assembly is on November 25.
