Will County health staff push prevention, harm-reduction and better overdose data reporting
Health department staff briefed the committee on prevention priorities—trauma, mental health and genetics—described local recovery services and harm-reduction steps, and urged better, faster overdose data sharing among hospitals, EMS and the coroner.
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At a Will County Board committee meeting, health department staff described a prevention-first approach to substance use that emphasizes trauma-informed services, mental-health treatment and reaching children and families before problems progress to addiction.
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