Rep. La Shawn Ford spotlights opioid crisis with Harm Reduction Solidarity Week - Forest Park Review

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Rep. La Shawn Ford spotlights opioid crisis with Harm Reduction Solidarity Week - Forest Park Review

Illinois Rep. La Shawn Ford is ramping up the fight against the opioid crisis by pushing to create overdose prevention sites and declaring a new Harm Reduction Solidarity Week.  Ford, whose district includes Austin, Oak Park and Forest Park, has long been a drug-treatment advocate. In late 2022, for example, he proposed House Bill 0002, which proposes the opening of pilot overdose prevention sites in Illinois. Earlier this year, Ford filed House…