opioid drugs

Carfentanil-laced heroin is showing up in Michigan.That was confirmed last week, when public health officials in Wayne County definitively linked at least…

A potent synthetic opioid is showing up in Michigan’s illicit drug supply, and is now linked to at least 19 deaths.Carfentanil is used as an elephant…

Librarians are finding themselves face to face with the heroin and opioid epidemic as drug users take advantage of free access to quiet areas where people…

“I remember looking at some of the early federal reports involving opioid pain killers and overdose deaths and they had increased so rapidly, when I was…

Opioid tracking in Michigan is getting an overhaul in the future. A state task force has been working on using millions of dollars to put a dent in…

It's become clear that America is in the grips of an opioid addiction epidemic.But here's a dilemma: what if you're in pain? Is there a way to help…

"Minding Michigan" is Stateside's ongoing series that examines mental health issues in our state. In 2014, Michigan became the first state to create a set…

Some cities have been looking at a program that takes a different approach to people with addictions who sometimes have run-ins with the law.In Michigan,…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A plan to create a pilot roadside drug-testing program in five of the state's counties will soon be on its way to Gov. Rick Snyder.…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - People addicted to opioids in the remote Upper Peninsula city of Escanaba have a rare group of people to turn to for treatment: the…