Metro Detroit begins to see Xylazine drug cases; Oakland County looks to lower amount
A dangerous new drug is making its way around Metro Detroit. Authorities say they're beginning to see more and more uses of xylazine.
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A dangerous new drug is making its way around Metro Detroit. Authorities say they're beginning to see more and more uses of xylazine.
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities, a nonprofit in Metro Detroit, is providing Narcan stations for anyone to access in Oakland County.
Two Detroit men have been charged after authorities seized over 44 pounds of fentanyl at Chicago Midway International Airport, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday.
The DEA has issued a public safety alert about an increase in reports of fentanyl being laced with a sedative used for animals.
A man has been sentenced for leading a drug organization that operated in several cities across the U.S. including Novi, Michigan.
In the 12-month period ending in Oct. 2022, the United States recorded 101,750 overdose deaths, primarily from opioids.
Xylazine, a sedative approved for animals, is increasingly being found mixed with fentanyl, authorities said.
The Justice Department alleged Rite Aid's Government Affairs department told employees to delete internal information warning about suspicious prescribers.
A California man has been arrested after a traffic stop in Paw Paw Township led to the largest seizure of fentanyl from a traffic stop in Michigan, with around three million fentanyl-laced pills being seized, which has a street value of $9 million.
The Food and Drug Administration warned that overdoses from xylazine mirror opioid overdoses, but may not be reversed by naloxone.
An investigation that began with a PlayStation box filled with heroin ended with a fentanyl kingpin pleading guilty to drug trafficking.
Deal would make it the first major pharmacy chain to reach a nationwide settlement over its handling of opioid prescriptions.
A Texas man will spend the next 14 years in prison after he was sentenced in federal court following a huge drug bust during a traffic stop in Jackson County.
Warren Police Department busted a well-known drug dealer and confiscated a massive amount of fentanyl and guns.
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A couple has been charged in the opioid overdose of their 18-month-old daughter who died on Christmas Day.
Every 8 minutes someone dies from an accidental drug overdose. Most of the time, it's from fentanyl.
The detective, who has not been identified, was doing routine drug testing of a white powdery substance.
"It was like they were injecting pure Fentanyl, which is obviously deadly and dangerous."
Police allege that 53-year-old Rickey Bernard -- who goes by the nickname "Hillbilly" -- sold the narcotics to the victims while working as a maintenance man at the Willows Motel in Bedford Township.
Authorities say most of the users who died from the contaminated drugs were unaware that they had been laced with Fentanyl.
