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Narcan Nasal Spray

Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray. Some advocates want more access to Narcan on the CTA.

Narcan Nasal Spray

Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray. Some advocates want more access to Narcan on the CTA.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Here’s how many people have died of an overdose on the CTA

Deaths related to opioid overdoses on the CTA doubled between 2021 and 2022, according to an investigation by the Chicago Reader.

Workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force set up a table near Roosevelt Road and South Albany Avenue on the West Side to provide people with Narcan Nasal Spray. Some advocates want more access to Narcan on the CTA.
By Max Lubbers
   

Last year, 60 people died from opioid-related overdoses on the CTA, according to an analysis by the Chicago Reader.

Reset talked with the reporter who broke down those numbers about the stories of the people behind the data. We also hear from people directly impacted: a mother who lost her son to an overdose on the CTA in 2021 and a Chicagoan who has used drugs for decades.

GUESTS: Katie Prout, features writer, Chicago Reader

Sheila Black Haennicke, volunteer, West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force

Daniel Rusick, Chicagoan with experience of drug use and homelessness

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