opioid crisis

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…

Syringe service programs involve giving medical supplies and clean needles to injection drug users.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say…

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

A new survey says marijuana use among 19 to 22 year olds is the highest it's been in 35 years.An annual survey from the University of Michigan follows…

The list of who can administer emergency opioid overdose medication in Michigan could grow.Bills in Lansing would allow trained employees at places like…

This week on Points North, millions of people cross the Straits of Mackinac each year. But it’s also a highway for thousands of raptors - or birds of prey…

Today on Stateside, we look at why people in rural parts of Michigan have difficulty accessing what many doctors consider the most effective treatment...

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…

Medication-assisted treatment is increasingly cited as a way to curb the opioid epidemic. However, only 23 percent of publicly funded treatment programs…