Mid-Michigan drug deaths stay above last year’s pace, new report shows

LANSING, Mich. (News 10) – A new report from the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Department of Forensic Pathology shows nearly 30 drug-related deaths in the greater Lansing area between April 1 and June 30, including 23 in Ingham County alone.

Officials said the numbers dropped from the first three months of the year but remain above this time last year.

Opioids were present in about half of the deaths reported in the second quarter, according to the report.

Kratom products showing up more often

Other drugs are starting to show up more often in the data…

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