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The Legislature is poised to send bills to Governor Gretchen Whitmer that would clear the way for Michigan to get its share of the national opioid lawsuit settlement.
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The Michigan Senate passed legislation Thursday that would create the framework for how to spend the state's share of a $26 billion opioid settlement.
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A state House committee adopted two bills Tuesday to ensure that Michigan’s share of the national opioid settlement with drug manufacturers is used to treat addiction.
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A dozen doctors are among 16 people in Michigan and Ohio for a health care fraud that included the distribution of 6.6 million opioid doses and $250 million in false billings, according to the federal justice department.
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The settlement involves three of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors and an opioid manufacturer. The companies will start releasing funds to a national administrator next month. Money will start flowing to state and local governments in the second or third quarter of this year.
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The number of people dying from overdoses remains high in Michigan, with 2,933 deaths ending in September 2021.
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Michigan communities stand to receive up to nearly $800 million in a historic settlement with opiate drug distributors.
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A nationwide shortage of naloxone is impacting the ability of community organizations and medical facilities to provide overdose prevention services to…
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State attorneys general have settled a number of lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors—and Michigan could get up to $800 million as a result,…
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Drug overdoses in Michigan were on a downward trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human…