opioid drugs

Health organizations in Michigan just got some more ammunition in the fight against opioid abuse.The Michigan Health Endowment Fund has awarded nearly…

State officials say overdose deaths jumped by 18% last year in Michigan with the majority of cases involving opioid abuse.The Michigan Department of…

Doctors would be required to check an electronic monitoring database before prescribing painkillers and other drugs under legislation aimed at preventing…

Powerful synthetic opioid street drugs have changed the way some law enforcement officials collect and handle drug evidence. Fentanyl and carfentinil are…

Tuesday, state lawmakers will consider a package of bills aimed at reducing Michigan’s growing problems with prescription painkillers.Opioids, like…

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says his office is treating cases of fatal drug overdoses as murder investigations. He says four attorneys have…

The state wants more people in Michigan to have access to a drug that can save the life of someone who's overdosed on heroin or prescription painkillers.A…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers are introducing legislation to help fight rising opioid abuse. A group of bipartisan lawmakers is looking to…

Michigan is updating what state officials call a useful tool for fighting the opioid epidemic.The problematic state drug monitoring program has gotten a…

Sara and her husband always wanted to have a baby. They tried for years, but she’d been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, so she eventually…