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The [Friday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes



Urban Opioids
“While much of the narrative around America’s opioid crisis has been focused on how it has impacted white, suburban communities [ Editor’s Note: I’d say rural], the JR Plaza Hotel in the predominantly African-American neighborhood is an example of how the problem has hit blacks especially hard in Chicago,” WBEZ reports.
“City data show African-Americans fatally overdose from opioids – a class of drugs that includes certain painkillers, heroin, and fentanyl – at a rate three times the national average, as reported by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit health policy organization.
“In 2016, a Cook County Public Health report showed that African Americans accounted for nearly half of all opioid-related deaths in Chicago.”

In production . . .
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #207
Featuring: World Cup, LeBron, Bulls, Cubs, Bosio, White Sox, Schweinsteiger.
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The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: A bunch of bands that played at a venue near you!

ChicagoGram



ChicagoTube
“25 or 6 to 4″/Blue Velvet.


BeachBook
Great Lakes Waters Dangerously Cold Leading Up To Heat Wave.


TweetWood
A sampling.



Now that the Crusader owns the Reader, maybe “Straight Dope” will be replaced by “Chatterbox.”


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The Beachwood Tronc Line: You are the bouncers, I am the cooler.

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Posted on June 29, 2018