Addiction

Michigan will be among several states to receive funding for opioid addiction treatment after a $3.1 billion dollar nationwide settlement was reached with Walmart last week.

As coronavirus sweeps through the nation, tearing families apart and overwhelming hospitals, there’s one part of healthcare that’s expanding: opioid…

Isolation is one of the biggest triggers for people in addiction recovery, which is why socially distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic is especially…

Work to reduce opioid-related deaths is beginning across the state, as part of a $10 million investment to fight the opioid epidemic. Michigan ranks in…

Michigan will get $2.6 million from drug manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser Group, according to the Michigan Attorney General's office.Michigan filed suit…

State Representative Larry Inman (R-Williamsburg) will seek treatment for long-term use of pain medications.Inman has taken prescribed pain medication to…

After nearly 20 years, Addiction Treatment Services in Traverse City will stop performing court-ordered drug tests.CEO Chris Hindbaugh says they’re…

Last year nearly 3,000 people died from drug overdoses in Michigan. That was an 80 percent increase in the past five years. There is a form of treatment…

Today on Stateside , a conversation about the dismal state of special education in Michigan in light of a recent report that names it as the only state...

People with drug problems can now ask the Cadillac state police for help without fear of being arrested. The Michigan State Police Cadillac post began…