4 overdoses, 1 death attributed to tainted cocaine, Upper Peninsula sheriff says
Authorities say individuals have been detained as part of the investigation and warn that more of the tainted cocaine may have been sold in the area.
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Authorities say individuals have been detained as part of the investigation and warn that more of the tainted cocaine may have been sold in the area.
A Metro Detroit man charged in a fatal drug overdose that happened last September has been bound over to circuit court, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.
A Warren, Michigan, man is facing a drug charge in connection with the overdose death of a 54-year-old man.
Officials in Oakland County are reporting a significant drop in drug overdose deaths during 2024 as compared to 2023.
Since its peak in 2020, overdose deaths in the city of Sterling Heights have dropped by nearly 50%.
The Livingston County Health Department and Livingston County Mental Health reported six overdoses in the county in just three days.
Antjuan Pierre Jackson was convicted by a federal jury in November 2024.
Members of the Biden White House celebrated the report but said there's still more work to be done to further reduce overdose deaths.
According to officials, Antjuan Pierre Jackson sold fentanyl to a victim who later died from an overdose caused by that fentanyl.
Overdose deaths have slowed 18% since a peak last year, the CDC estimates.
Drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have fallen from a peak in 2023.
A Detroit-area woman was arrested for distributing drugs that killed three people in June 2023.
A Wayne County jury has awarded a landmark verdict to the family of Denis Preka, a college student who died of a drug overdose.
A St. Clair Shores doctor was sentenced to 20 years in prison for unlawful prescribing after his patient died of a drug overdose, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced on Thursday.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
Almost 650,000 people aged 18 to 64 died of a drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, researchers found.
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued to break annual records.
Drug overdoses and the mental health crisis are two issues law enforcement has battled for years. Police in Sterling Heights joined forces with another agency to hopefully better serve each other's community.
A Detroit man is charged in connection with the death of a 19-year-old man who died from a fentanyl overdose nearly three years ago.
A Detroit woman faces felony charges for allegedly smuggling methamphetamines into a Michigan prison last year, leading to an inmate's fatal overdose.
Nitazenes are powerful synthetic drugs that, in some cases, can be even more dangerous than fentanyl and carfentanil.
The growing calls for naloxone in schools are a response to increasing overdose deaths in young people.
There's a new nasal spray that reverses an opioid overdose, and its manufacturer, Indivior, says the Oakland County Sheriff's Office is the first law enforcement agency in the country to deploy it on the streets.
Fathers that lost their children to fentanyl-laced overdoses gave a heartfelt and emotional presentation at Groves High School.
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died after ingesting an oxycodone pill laced with fentanyl, officials said.
