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Dr. Jeffrey Watts

Posted inUrban planning

There’s an Uptick in Street Overdoses During the Pandemic

by Peter Winslow December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

atonia Easter, forty-six, waits in line to receive food and harm reduction supplies provided by a Chicago Recovery Alliance (CRA) truck parked at the corner of 68th and South Halsted. Easter has been homeless for more than ten years and struggles with chronic opioid use. The coronavirus pandemic has only reinforced her reluctance to seek […]

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