March 28, 2017 (vol. 127, iss. 53) • Page Image 1
…Gov. Rick Snyder and state lawmakers are introducing bills to the state legislature that seek to combat the rising number of opioid overdoses by monitoring prescriptions more closely and enforcing opioid abuse education. Committees within the state House and Senate will begin testimony on more than a dozen measures to battle the epidemic. The opioid epidemic in Michigan has been growing steadily, with the number of opio...…