Detroit Legal Blog

Rising Rates of Prescription Drugs for Non-Medical Purposes

Jun 08, 2015 in Drug Crimes, Legal Blog

According to Trust for America’s Health, “Michigan has the eighteenth highest drug overdose mortality rate in the U.S.” Prescription drug abuse has been a growing, country wide problem for over a decade. Since 1999, overdose deaths involving prescription pills has quadrupled and more than 50…

Is There a Meth Crisis in Michigan?

Jun 03, 2015 in Drug Crimes, Legal Blog

Meth is short for methamphetamine, a highly addictive controlled substance. Meth has been around for a long time, but rural areas across the country have experienced explosions in use and manufacturing in the preceding decades as small meth laboratories have begun to dot the landscape….

Police Brutality Incidences in Detroit

Jan 07, 2015 in Legal Blog, Police Brutality

Recent police brutality events have converged with advances in technology to reach a fever pitch. Camera phones make it possible to record the actions of state officials like never before, and the internet and social media allow these images and videos to reach and impact…