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After watching heroin overdoses rise slowly over the last two years, police in Battle Creek saw a sudden spike in November.LifeCare Ambulance serves…
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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…
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Officials from the Kent County Sheriff’s Department say they believe they’ve encountered heroin laced with carfentanil in three separate cases this…
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BANGOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Bay County is planning another public forum as part of an ongoing effort to deal with a heroin epidemic as declared by the…
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Michigan health centers are getting $3.4 million from the federal government to fight the ongoing opioid epidemic.It’s part of a new federal push to get…
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Some Michigan lawmakers want to give school districts access to a drug that can save the life of someone who's overdosed on heroin or prescription…
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Many communities are grappling with an epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse. But when Lansing Police Chief Mike Yankowski crunched the local…
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Federal prosecutors and law enforcement from a half-dozen states across the Midwest and South met Wednesday in Detroit.On the agenda: how to grapple with…
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The Oakland County sheriff says there's an easy way to crack down on prescription drug abuse: require doctors to use a statewide, online database every…
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Michigan has a serious opioid problem. A new task force is looking for public input on how to fix it.In 2013, more than 400 people in Michigan died from…