Metro Detroit fathers educate students about fentanyl poisoning
Fathers that lost their children to fentanyl-laced overdoses gave a heartfelt and emotional presentation at Groves High School.
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Fathers that lost their children to fentanyl-laced overdoses gave a heartfelt and emotional presentation at Groves High School.
But the major pharmacy chain says the filing is part of a plan to bring it back to financial health.
The grocery store chain said most of the money will go to states, local governments and Native American tribes.
Oakland County officials are hosting a series of town halls to get public input on resources needed to prevent opioid misuse and how to best use a $35 million opioid settlement.
A special town hall meeting in Troy Wednesday evening addressed a well-known issue both in Michigan and around the country.
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities, a nonprofit in Metro Detroit, is providing Narcan stations for anyone to access in Oakland County.
The DEA has issued a public safety alert about an increase in reports of fentanyl being laced with a sedative used for animals.
The Justice Department alleged Rite Aid's Government Affairs department told employees to delete internal information warning about suspicious prescribers.
A Southfield man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing over 90,000 doses of OxyContin, Percocet and other opioids, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
The Southfield Police Department hosted the organization Hope Not Handcuffs to train volunteers to administer Narcan.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is launching a smartphone app to help Michigan residents reduce opioid harm.
Rebecca Kiessling fought back tears through much of her testimony and said her children were taken away from her.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is offering to pay off student loans for medical providers who begin providing or expanding opioid addiction treatment programs as a way to help address the opioid epidemic.
A Detroit-area doctor convicted of one of the "most egregious" healthcare frauds in U.S. history was sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison Monday and ordered to pay $30 million.
The state of Michigan is expanding a special program for people who have an opioid addiction and are on Medicaid.
The Hope Not Handcuffs program is in need of volunteers to fight the opioid epidemic.
A settlement has been reached with retail giant Walmart over opioid epidemic allegations, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.
Deal would make it the first major pharmacy chain to reach a nationwide settlement over its handling of opioid prescriptions.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and other members of the Michigan Opioids Task Force announced Thursday a slate of steps the state is taking to combat the opioid epidemic.
The overdose deaths represent an 82 percent increase over five years
"Addiction Solution" author Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, asks if we're growing desensitized to the opioid epidemic.
"Addiction Solution" author Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, asks if we're growing desensitized to the opioid epidemic.
