LEGAL ACTION:
Law enforcement and public health officials continue to be challenged by persistent and destructive cocaine and heroin distribution and abuse. Michigan Medical Marijuana Act The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, enacted in December 2008, authorizes a qualifying patient to possess up to 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana and to cultivate, or designate a quali ed caregiver to cultivate, 12 cannabis plants in an enclosed, locked facility. Each caregiver can assist up to ve patients. The program has issued more than 58,000 patient registrations since April 6, 2009.44 |
Drug problems in Detroit
According to "Detroit News",Heroin and opioid prescription drug abuse has been a growing problem over the past couple years throughout the country, and in Metro Detroit in particular.
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According to Detroit officials in 2007, about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were drug related.[
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Even though the drug economy is booming in detroit, legal action still takes a course since its still illegal. In the above videos they show the FBI getting involved. They bust a local herion operation.
Heroin and opioid prescription drug abuse has been a growing problem over the past couple years throughout the country, and in Metro Detroit in particular. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan is tackling the issue head on with a smart approach that targets drug traffickers rather than users, and emphasizes prevention.
Federal authorities have arrested one man and are seeking another in connection with a drug trafficking operation that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los Angeles to Detroit.
why we need more legal action: Overdose deaths in the state are also on the rise, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health, with 4,772 Michigan residents dying from 2009-2012 from drug overdoses. Emergency room visits involving opioid-related problems went from 9.2 per 10,000 people in the state’s population in 2000 to 20.4 per 10,000 people in 2011.