23-5303

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:55:54 GMT

File #: 23-5303
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/20/2023
Action: approve
Result: Pass

23-4385

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:55:54 GMT

File #: 23-4385
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Report
Title: REPORT Department: Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) Report Title: CCDPH Quarterly Report Report Period: Q3 2023 Summary: Sexually Transmitted Infections Program and update on youth tobacco control.
Action: approve
Result: Pass

23-5053

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:25:33 GMT

File #: 23-5053
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA WHEREAS, according to Websters Dictionary trauma can be the result of serious bodily injury or an abnormal psychological or behavioral response resulting from severe mental or emotional stress; and WHEREAS, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention maintain that the leading cause of injury related death in the United States is by drug overdose. The majority of overdose deaths involve opioids. Deaths involving synthetic opioids such as illicitly manufactured fentanyl and stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine, have increased in recent years. In addition, overdose deaths accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, more than one million people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. In 2021, 106,699 involved drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. Prescription and illegal opioids are the main driver of drug overdose deaths. Nearly 88% of opioid-involved overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids. Opioids were involved in 80,411 overdose deaths in 2021 which is 75.4% o
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Health & Hospitals Committee on 10/17/2023 at 1:00 PM

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