opioid drugs

Michigan Medicine researchers found high rates of prescriptions written by providers in urgent care clinics that don't help common complaints.

Officials in a Detroit metro community are concerned about the risks of widely available substances commonly referred to as "gas station heroin." The city of Warren might soon regulate the sale and possession of the substances.

Michigan was in the top third in the nation for opioid overdose deaths a decade ago; it's now in the bottom third. But experts fear deaths could rise once again if cuts to the federal budget and to Medicaid eligibility go through.

Illegally selling opioids like fentanyl would have tougher penalties in Michigan under bills passed Wednesday in the state House of Representatives

Today, how community resources have improved for rural Michiganders dealing with opioid addiction. Then, we meet a West Michigan sculpture and portraiture artist, whose work was recently in the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Plus, how an Ability Garden in Traverse City is offering kids with disabilities services they miss during summer break. Additionally, we revisit a conversation with BMX freestyle Olympian Hannah Roberts.

The latest on the UAW strike, a new documentary on a Muslim-American who perished while saving lives on 9-11, and the opioid crisis in the Upper Peninsula dramatized on stage.

A Wayne County judge has dismissed a lawsuit preventing Michigan officials from disbursing a $81 million opioid settlement.

On today's show, an update on COVID numbers in Michigan, plus a look at the upcoming biennial Black Midwest Symposium in Detroit. Plus, two recovery and addiction professionals discuss the rising numbers of opioid-related deaths over the last few years.

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.

Michigan is receiving nearly $80 million in federal funding to help counter the opioid crisis across the state. The Michigan Department of Health and…