In an effort to keep drugs under control in Flint, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell has been using narcotics check points to stop and search vehicles. He has assembled a posse (no, really, he calls them his “Sheriff’s Posse”) and they are using drug dogs to check motorists for drugs. [read more...]

All it takes is one court decision to stop the medical marijuana trade in its tracks. At least that’s what Michigan is seeing this week after a ruling on Wednesday determined the Compassionate Apothecary in Mt. Pleasant was a public nuisance and needed to be closed. But this single ruling has dispensaries all over the state shutting down. [read more...]

Law enforcement officials in the South are casting a steely glare North as they continue to find their citizens in possession of OxyContin from Detroit. According to the Detroit Free Press, cops in states like West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky are seeing more and more cases of the drug, affectionately called “hillbilly heroin”, that can be traced directly to Detroit dealers. [read more...]

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...]

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 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...]