{"id":71515,"date":"2018-06-29T13:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T18:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=71515"},"modified":"2018-06-29T13:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T18:36:40","slug":"chicagos-political-scene-and-opioid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicagos-political-scene-and-opioid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s political scene and opioid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabrielle Phifer and Holly Honderich<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"drop cap\">Gabrielle Phifer speaks to community activist Ja&#8217;Mal Green who\u00a0 at 22 years old, is the youngest candidate\u00a0 running for Chicago mayor. Reporter Holly Honderich examines the opioid epidemic, which took nearly 1,000\u00a0 Illinois lives in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"MedillNewsmakers-City Affairs\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/276922635?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<!--more-->\u200b<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Chicago Recovery Alliance works to foster any positive change for those suffering at the hands of the opioid epidemic. (Holly Honderich\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabrielle Phifer and Holly Honderich Medill Reports Gabrielle Phifer speaks to community activist Ja&#8217;Mal Green who\u00a0 at 22 years old, is the youngest candidate\u00a0 running for Chicago mayor. 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