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"Up with hope, down with dope! Hugs, not drugs!'"These chants will echo down a few Kalamazoo streets on July 27. It's part of the Walk for Recovery that…
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Long before opoid abuse rose to national attention, Gwen Lanier of Kalamazoo had been helping people get clean through her Mothers of Hope, a grassroots…
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A new report on substance abuse in Kalamazoo County has mixed news. It says that fewer teens are using alcohol, marijuana, and regular tobacco…
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Commissioners also agreed to require permits for non-potable wells.Kalamazoo County has taken a step toward suing the makers of opioid drugs, but it has…
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Kalamazoo County Medical Director Will Nettleton says there’s no change in methodology, or how deaths are counted that explains a sharp rise in deaths…
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(MPRN-Lansing) The state Court of Appeals has struck down a rule that’s supposed to prevent bars and party stores from selling drug paraphernalia. A…
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(MPRN-Mackinac Island) Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says his office is treating cases of fatal drug overdoses as murder investigations. He says…
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(MPRN-Lansing) Law enforcement and pharmacists are working together to curb methamphetamine production in the state.It’s called the “Anti-Smurfing…
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(MPRN-Lansing) If you want to call 911 to report an overdose, you could soon be able to do that without fear of prosecution for drug possession. A new set…
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The drug company Cephalon will compensate the State of Michigan $3.4 million as part of a multi-state fraud settlement. Michigan Attorney General Bill…