https://www.wcmu.org/tags/addiction Addiction en-US Copyright Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:55:04 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-02-12/new-report-offers-healing-approach-to-opioid-epidemic There’s a new way of looking at the opioid epidemic in Michigan that goes beyond numbers and statistics.The Washtenaw County health department has issued… Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:55:04 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-02-12/new-report-offers-healing-approach-to-opioid-epidemic Lisa Barry https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-01-10/new-study-finds-similarities-between-drug-addiction-and-excessive-social-media-use A new study out of Michigan State University has found similarities between excessive social media use and drug addiction.The research surveyed people’s… Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:49:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-01-10/new-study-finds-similarities-between-drug-addiction-and-excessive-social-media-use https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-08-31/grant-funding-going-to-recovery-clinic-in-bay-city More than 350-thousand dollars in grant funding will benefit a Saginaw Valley State University supported health clinic in Bay City, but this is no… Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:35:47 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-08-31/grant-funding-going-to-recovery-clinic-in-bay-city https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-08-27/overdose-deaths-exceed-firearm-and-traffic-deaths-in-2017 A state representative is speaking out today on the opioid epidemic saying it’s - quote - “been going crazy” the past ten years. A recent report from the… Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:12:52 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-08-27/overdose-deaths-exceed-firearm-and-traffic-deaths-in-2017 https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2017-12-19/addiction-assistance-program-expands-to-all-30-state-police-posts Michigan is the first state in the country to offer an addiction assistance program at every state police post. It’s called, The Angel Program.The Angel… Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:58:47 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2017-12-19/addiction-assistance-program-expands-to-all-30-state-police-posts https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2017-11-27/cmu-research-seeks-to-identify-electronic-screen-addiction-in-kids Researchers at Central Michigan University have developed a rubric for recognizing electronic device addiction in children.Researchers behind the rubric… Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:39:12 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2017-11-27/cmu-research-seeks-to-identify-electronic-screen-addiction-in-kids https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2017-07-13/drug-overdose-deaths-increase-across-the-state New data released Thursday shows a dramatic increase in drug overdose deaths across the state.Twenty-three hundred people died in the state of Michigan in… Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:31:56 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2017-07-13/drug-overdose-deaths-increase-across-the-state