Opioids

The nearly $350,000 grant will go towards opioid misuse education programs across a three-year program.

Six organizations will get $200k each from the Opioid Healing and Recovery Fund to help make transportation to substance abuse recovery efforts more easily available.

Cities, townships and counties across the state are beginning to receive opioid settlement funds, which will accumulate in over $1.6 billion by 2040. Find out how your community is making use of their money so far.

A $26 billion opioid settlement involving Michigan reached final approval today.

The federal government is providing a-million dollars to fight the opioid epidemic in northern Michigan. The federal grant funding comes on the heels of a…

Legislation aimed at curbing the state’s opioid crisis is on its way to the governor.The goal of the legislation is to stop doctor shopping and pill…

Michigan’s alcohol, drug, and suicide-related deaths could increase by 44 percent by 2025, according to a report released Tuesday by Trust for America’s…

The Michigan State Police launched a drug testing pilot program Wednesday which allows troopers to use a saliva swab to test drivers for drugs.The…

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed guidelines for prescribing opioid medication - guidance that previously did not exist.The…

In 2015, 1,980 opioid overdose deaths occurred in Michigan, according to the CDC. Now new research out of John Hopkins University suggests treatment…