opioid crisis

Prescription opioids and other addictive medications would have to be dispensed in lockable vials under legislation that was introduced yesterday in the…

The United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams joined a panel discussion on opioid addiction at the University of Michigan Thursday. Adams highlighted the…

There was a punk rock band called The Dead Milkmen that had a fun little run of popularity in the late 1980s. They were goofy and sardonic and…

Last May, Michigan health officials authorized a way for people at risk of opioid overdose to get Naloxone directly from a registered pharmacy without a…

When President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, he offered some ideas for tackling this national emergency. He didn't offer…

Recent reports show that the number of organ transplants is rising. While this may be good news to those on an organ waitlist, the reason for the rise —…

A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a Livonia doctor and seven other people with conspiracy to illegally distribute highly addictive…

Julia Simonelli says when she walked into the Michigan State Police post in Cadillac and told them she needed addiction treatment, police spent hours…

The number of government lawsuits against prescription opioid makers and distributors is rising rapidly."There are over a hundred that have been filed by…

President Donald Trump recently declared America's opioid crisis a “national emergency."Prescription opioids are prescribed for pain, but the medications…