Detroit to get $4 million to combat opioid addiction from national lawsuit settlement
I’ve been in this field over 30 years. Opioid addiction has never went away, It’s just being highlighted now," he said. "I have always known people to overdose, but now it’s at a level that I’ve never ever known before.”
FDA approves new nasal spray to reverse fentanyl, other opioid overdoses
U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a new easy-to-use version of a medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids driving the nation’s drug crisis.
Man saved after Oakland County deputies find him overdosing during unannounced house visit
When members of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office's Crisis Response Unit made an unannounced visit to a man's Pontiac home, they found him unresponsive with his eyes rolling back into his head because he was overdosing.
Rainbow fentanyl: Ohio AG warns of ‘death disguised as candy’
Authorities in Ohio are issuing another warning about the so-called “rainbow fentanyl" after hundreds of these pills were seized near Columbus.
Oakland County doctor who illegally prescribed 1M+ opioid pills gets 20-year prison sentence
An Oakland County doctor was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for illegally distributing opioid pills and ripping off insurance companies.
Biden to put issue of lowering drug costs at center of political agenda
Biden plans to talk up how his administration is rolling out several parts of a law passed last year that cap the price of insulin and allow the government to negotiate deals on pharmaceutical drugs for Medicare enrollees.
New app helps Michigan residents find opioid treatment, naloxone
A new app, OpiRescue, is designed to help prevent opioid overdoses in Michigan and provide people with resources.
Michigan receives first chunk of $26 billion opioid settlement - here's how it will be used
Michigan will get $800 million over the next 18 years, of which half will go directly to local and county governments.
Michigan doctor who led 'shots for pills' opioid scheme gets 16.5 years in prison
A Michigan doctor led an opioid scheme that provided drugs to patients in exchange for medically unnecessary injections.
Walgreens, West Virginia reach $83 million for company's role in opioid crisis
Walgreens has agreed to pay the settlement within an eight-year period.
Fentanyl exposures in children spike, public health official sounds alarm: 'Lock up your drugs'
Public health experts are reminding anyone who uses drugs to keep them stored properly and out of the reach of children,
Drug cartel sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Department over rainbow fentanyl
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana and its leaders for producing large amounts of rainbow fentanyl.
Fentanyl 'vaccine' may have been discovered, researchers say
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
Walmart agrees to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers.
Drug experts slam Bloomington Police chief for spreading ‘dangerous’ and 'false' information on fentanyl
Drug treatment experts are raising the alarm about claims made by the Bloomington Police chief Thursday about a form of fentanyl being "Narcan resistant."
CDC softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors
The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers.
15-year-old girl dies after taking fentanyl-laced pill on high school campus in Hollywood
A 15-year-old student at Bernstein High School is dead and another teen was hospitalized after overdosing on pills they purchased at Lexington Park in Hollywood. Investigators say the pills were laced with fentanyl.
California middle school student arrested for bringing fentanyl to school, causing employee to overdose
Police responded to the junior high after the school reported that a student was in possession of about 150 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet.
‘Rainbow fentanyl’: DEA warns of colorful synthetic drugs aimed at attracting young people
The colorful narcotics were seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 18 different states this month alone.
Parents seek drug dealer in daughter’s death, offer reward: ‘No questions asked’
Robert Gilliam says he and his wife are putting drug dealers on notice after their 22-year-old daughter died from an overdose.