opioids

The agreement to pay the penalties settles an investigation by federal agents that has spanned several years. Central to the government’s findings are the discoveries that McLaren pharmacists were actually handing out opioids and other drugs to people who had no valid prescriptions.

Nessel is filing a lawsuit in Detroit targeting Walgreens, and three other lesser recognized, but otherwise large medical supply companies. She is accusing all four with illegally distributing opioids without controls.

The program offering inmates access to Vivitrol before their release appears to be helping them stay away from opioids following release so it's being expanded.

County Medical Director Dr. William Nettleton describes fentanyl as the driving force behind the county’s problem saying it poses a serious health threat.

State Senator Dr. John Bizon introduced a bill Tuesday which would regulate kratom as a Schedule 2 drug, meaning it could only be obtained by prescription.

Authorities say that the pair , who ran Parks Drug Store in Albion, would fill methadone prescriptions which they knew served no medical purpose.

According to the Southwest Enforcement Team, authorities were tipped off that the drugs were being delivered, leading to them conducting a traffic stop on the suspect around 5pm Tuesday on I-94 near Marshall.

The Calhoun County Public Health Department says Wednesday that they have partnered with the Calhoun County Opioid Coalition and the Substance Abuse Council to offer these Narcan kits and training on how to use them.

While the OD victim was being treated with Narcan, the victim's 67-year-old father came out of the home brandishing a handgun. EMTs took cover, and deputies were eventually able to take the man into custody.

On Friday, 37-year-old Jerrell Finch was found guilty of second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance causing death, related to the death of 45-year-old Michael Newman. Police say that Newman had gone to Finch’s home in January 2017, looking to buy heroin. Finch eventually got in contact with a dealer he knew, getting Newman the drugs, which he took and then overdosed on.