opioid drugs

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

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…

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

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…

Monday night, the Lansing city council declared the opioid crisis a public nuisance. It’s a first step toward filing a lawsuit against drug…

Twelve men face federal charges for their alleged roles in an Oakland County-based drug ring that’s linked to at least one overdose death.The U.S.…

Patients and surgeons can now find free, online recommendations about how much opioid pain medication to prescribe for 11 common operations.The guidelines…

Oakland and Wayne County Executives have filed suit in federal court against 13 opioid drug manufacturers and distributors.They claim the drug makers'…

In 2000, 59 young adults in Michigan between the ages of 18 and 29 were reported as having chronic hepatitis C (HVC). Last year, there 2,060 reported…