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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.
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The settlement involves three of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors and an opioid manufacturer. The companies will start releasing funds to a national administrator next month. Money will start flowing to state and local governments in the second or third quarter of this year.
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Michigan expects to get a portion of a $26 billion multi-state agreement with some leading opioid distributors that received final approval Friday.
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The number of people dying from overdoses remains high in Michigan, with 2,933 deaths ending in September 2021.
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Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. spiked nearly 30 percent during the pandemic and reached the highest level ever recorded, according to data released…
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It’s been over two years since Amy Powell’s youngest son died of an accidental opioid overdose.Even today, she feels his death could have been preventable…
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Fatal and non-fatal opioid overdoses trended up in Michigan this year.The University of Michigan tracks that information. It gathers data about naloxone…
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Michigan emergency services say they have seen a “substantial increase” in opioid overdoses during the coronavirus pandemic. According to data released…
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A couple of years ago, Zach Ritchie was driving back from Cincinnati with friends after buying heroin.“[We] got the stuff, went to the mall to see what…
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Communities across the Midwest have been devastated by the opioid epidemic. But there's still a lot of misunderstanding about how opioids affect our…