Opioid

The city of Detroit is launching "quick response teams" to help people with opioid addictions. Firefighters who respond to overdoses will make referrals to the teams.

Today, how community resources have improved for rural Michiganders dealing with opioid addiction. Then, we meet a West Michigan sculpture and portraiture artist, whose work was recently in the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Plus, how an Ability Garden in Traverse City is offering kids with disabilities services they miss during summer break. Additionally, we revisit a conversation with BMX freestyle Olympian Hannah Roberts.

Information like how much money each local government stands to receive and how the state is spending its share of money is now available online on a state website.

"While there is no amount of money that can bring back the thousands of people who have died from opioid use disorder ... this is an important victory,” said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Townships say they’re decline settlement money because of burdensome state oversight

The group Michigan Liberation passed out bags with the anti-opioid overdose drug Narcan, and test strips that can detect fentanyl in street drugs, in a Detroit neighborhood with one of the state's highest rates of fatal overdoses.

Michigan plans to add another 850 patients this year to the "Opioid Health Home" program, which treats the "whole person," including barriers like housing and transportation.

The settlement could provide Michigan with millions of dollars to pay for treatment and recovery services.

The Legislature is poised to send bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer that would clear the way for Michigan to get its share of the national opioid lawsuit settlement.

The Michigan Senate passed legislation Thursday that would create the framework for how to spend the state's share of a $26 billion opioid settlement.