Media

For all press/media inquiries, contact Laura Fry, Executive Director at [email protected]

Multimedia

• Video: Naloxone Saves Lives

• Video: Opiates and Heroin Overdose Prevention

• Video: Fed UP Rally Speech

• Video: If Addiction is a Disease, Why is Relapsing a Crime?

• Podcast: Small & Gutsy features Live4Lali

Articles

• Fox 32 Chicago, 3/17/2023 - Will County coroner warns of human deaths caused by animal tranquilizer

• Daily Herald, 3/14/2023 - 'More of my friends might be alive': Is a safe haven for drug users the answer to overdose surge?

• Fox 32 Chicago, 3/7/2023 - Medical researchers work to create fentanyl vaccine to fight nation's opioid epidemic

• Daily Herald, 9/28/2022 - Tree of Life and Live4Lali offer free Narcan training and kits Oct. 8

• Daily Herald, 7/8/2022 - Mental health advocates, elected leaders show support for 708 Boards at June 29 Rally for Mental Health

• WTTW, 5/17/2022 - COVID-19 Pandemic Challenged Harm Reduction Organizations to ‘Think Outside of the Box.’ Some of Those Lessons Stuck.

• Daily Herald, 3/14/2022 - 'We have found it in everything': Fentanyl linked to more overdose deaths in the suburbs

• Shaw Local, 3/1/2022 - Overdose deaths in McHenry County down last year over 2020

• Chicago Tribune, 2/21/2022 - Misleading 'crack pipes' uproar shows enduring stigma against drug users, Chicago health groups say

• Daily Herald, 12/30/2021 - Opioid task force to get $200K from DuPage County, where such overdoses are up 17%

• Health Resources in Action, 12/16/2021 - Laura & Alex's Story

• Daily Herald, 5/19/2021 - Treatment, not jail, is best approach to drugs

• ALCU of Illinois, 5/5/2021 - THE WAR ON DRUGS & REDUCING BARRIERS TO RECOVERY

• Fox Chicago, 4/28/2021 - Group handing out naloxone amid spike in overdose deaths in McHenry County

• Daily Herald, 4/26/2021 - Illinois Opioid Deaths Increased by 32% in 2020

• Daily Herald, 2/21/2021 - 'The perfect storm': How the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suburbs' opioid crisis

• WBEZ Chicago, 5/15/2018 - Voices Of Chicagoland's Opioid Crisis: Laura Fry And Alex Mathiesen

• Daily Herald, 1/29/2018 - After a naloxone revival, hospital protocol is to just let opioid addicts go

• Chicago Tribune, 12/15/2017 - Prescriptions for opioid painkillers may come with another Rx, for naloxone

• Chicago Tribune, 10/8/2017 - 'Stigma keeps people silenced': Fighting substance abuse and overdoses one program at a time

• Chicago Tribune, 6/10/2017 - As prices soar for heroin overdose-reversing drug, calls grow for cheaper access

• Chicago Tribune, 5/10/2017 - Shout Out: Chelsea Laliberte, executive director and co-founder of Live4Lali

• Daily Herald, 1/27/2017 - Fentanyl overdoses cause troubling rise in suburban opioid deaths

• Chicago Tribune, 1/19/2017 - Despite progress, Lake County's fight against opioid epidemic sees early setbacks in 2017

• WTTW , 2/23/2016 - As Heroin, Opioid Overdoses Rise, Push for Antidote Availability Grows

• ABC 7 News, 2/22/2016 - Naloxone, Remedy for Heroin Overdose, Closer to Being Sold Over the Counter at Walgreens

• CBS Chicago WBBM 780, 2/22/2016 - Congressman Bob Dold To Introduce Bill Giving State Grants To Increase Access To Heroin Antidote

• Fox 32 Chicago, 2/22/2016 - Legislation would increase access to heroin antidote

• WGN TV, 2/22/2016 - Proposed heroin bill gives addicts easier access to life-saving drug

• Yahoo! News, 9/3/2015 - The suburbs are the latest battleground for heroin. Can this video game-like software help save lives?

• Daily Herald, 9/2/2015 - Lawmakers back heroin legislation, override Rauner veto

• BioSpace, 8/31/2015 - More than 100 Lives Reported Saved Since Launch of the "kaleo Cares" EVZIO® (naloxone HCl injection) Donation Program

• Chicago Tribune, 7/6/2015 - Holiday weekend sees spike in heroin overdoses, saves in Lake County

• Daily Herald, 5/11/2015 - Recovery from heroin addiction 'a family effort'

• Chicago Tribune, 5/8/2015 - Mothers turn grief over loss of sons into source of strength

• Northwest Herald, 5/5/2015 - Crystal Lake speakers talk heroin epidemic in Chicago suburbs, tips to fight drug abuse

• Chicago Tribune, 4/28/2015 - Lali's Law would allow pharmacists to prescribe anti-overdose drugs

• The News-Gazette, 4/26/2015 - Guest commentary: ADP technology could help save lives

• Daily Herald, 4/14/2015 - Arlington Heights police get heroin overdose antidote

• Daily Herald, 4/13/2015 - Opiate initiative group focuses on funding, education for overdose prevention

• Daily Herald, 4/10/2015 - Arlington Heights officers trained to stop heroin overdoses

• TheFix.com, 3/30/2015 - Illinois Responds to a Growing Heroin Problem

• Chicago Tribune, 3/27/2015 - Congressman helps anti-drug overdose clinic take on 'heroin problem'

• Daily Herald, 3/26/2015 - Suburbs' first OD awareness clinic opens in Arlington Hts.

• Chicago Tribune, 3/24/2015 - Drug overdose prevention group opens free clinic

• Daily Herald, 12/1/2014 - Suburban nonprofit groups strike back against heroin

• MySuburbanLife.com, 11/19/2014 - Lake County opioid initiative involves 32 departments

• Daily Herald, 11/18/2014 - Naloxone program launched in Lake County to fight heroin overdoses

• TheFix.com, 11/7/2014 - A Sister’s Grief and Charity

• Daily Herald, 10/22/2014 - Prospect Hts. police save man from heroin overdose

• Salem-News.com, 10/6/2014 - Thousands March on Washington to End Prescription Drug Epidemic

• Chicago Tribune, 9/26/2014 - Suburban cops rip Emanuel drug plan

• MySuburbanLife.com, 2/28/2014 - Initiative aims to place drug to combat effects of opiate overdose in police squad cars

• Daily Herald, 12/1/2013 - Heroin overdose antidote training at addiction treatment center in Vernon Hills

• Chicago Tribune, 9/2/2012 - Fighting an epidemic of fatal overdoses

• Daily Herald, 7/13/2012 - Siblings of drug addicts face unique pain

• Buffalo Grove Patch, 6/27/2012 - Family Remembers Laliberte, Raises Funds for Youth Programs

• Daily Herald, 1/11/2010 - Parents Should Carry Naloxone, Just In Case

• Daily Herald, 12/8/2009 - Mother of Suburban Teen Who Died Warns Others

• Daily Herald, 6/13/2009 - Fundraiser Planned for Drug Awareness

• Chicago Tribune, 4/8/2009 - Heroin deaths spike across Chicago area, authorities say

Press Releases

• // - Amidst Rising Drug Overdose Deaths, Illinois Groups Launch Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition

• // - Hope For Healing and Live4Lali Launch Mobile Outreach Program in West Chicago to Prevent Opioid Overdoses and Link People to Care