Wide availability and a high cheaper and more intense than “gateway” prescription drugs, heroin is back and stronger than ever. According to the Detroit News, surrounding suburbs are seeing a dramatic rise in deaths associated with the drug while the metro area isn’t seeing any noticeable fluctuation at all. And those hardest hit seem to be the young. [Read more…]
Medical Marijuana Law Creates Confusion in Michigan
Broad and somewhat vague medical marijuana laws in Michigan have citizens tiptoeing around what they believe is their right, and law enforcement officials scrambling to control what they see as a threat to law and order. Cities and towns are passing ordinances to control how medical marijuana is supposed to be regulated, leading to what many say is essentially ignoring the medical marijuana laws voters demanded. [Read more…]
Michigan Lawmakers Working on Synthetic Drug Ban
Michigan State Representatives have spent the past five months working on new legislation to ban chemical synthetic drugs which have been gaining popularity at an alarming rate. Substances known as K2, “Spice”, BZP, and LOL could all be affected. [Read more…]
Michigan Ecstasy Use & Trafficking Increasing
MDMA, better known as ecstasy, experienced a slight drop in use early in the 2000s. But now, the drug is back and bigger than ever. What used to be trafficked in fairly limited quantities is now being brought across the Canadian border by the truckload. [Read more…]
Roadside Drug Testing Coming to Michigan?
If some lawmakers get their way, Michigan will become the first state to allow law enforcement to test for drugs when they suspect a driver is under the influence. Similar to breath tests used in suspected DUI cases, these tests would reportedly alert cops to the presence of illegal drugs in a suspect’s body. [Read more…]
Will Marijuana Be Legalized in Detroit?
A registered medical marijuana user and local activist filed a petition with the Detroit City Clerk seeking to loosen the marijuana laws in the city. According to The Detroit Free Press, Tim Beck submitted the petition featuring 6,100 signatures and got a “job well done” from Clerk Janice Winfrey. [Read more…]