Health care workers should look for signs of human trafficking, Michigan doctor says
Health care workers should look for signs of human trafficking, Michigan doctor says By Justin P. Hicks | jhicks3@mlive.com Nearly 88% of human trafficking survivors report accessing health care services during their trafficking situation, according to a nonprofit advocacy group known as the Polaris Project. That statistic could be surprising. However, it’s appropriate – if not […]
WHERE DOES HUMAN TRAFFICKING OCCUR?
Where does human trafficking occur? The short answer is that it happens everywhere. But it’s more common in some places than others. Learn the regions where human trafficking is the most prevalent. BY SARA MCGEOUGH WITH AMBER VAN SCHOONEVELD HUMAN TRAFFICKING OCCURS EVERYWHERE. No continent, no country, no state is an exception. Human trafficking, or […]
Drug overdoses now killing the equivalent of a classroom of high schoolers EVERY WEEK – and nine out of 10 are fentanyl
Fentanyl kills about 30 teenagers and children every week, the equivalent of roughly one whole classroom In 2021, 94 percent of overdose deaths were caused by fentanyl, compared to just eight percent in 2012 READ MORE: Drug overdoses among teens DOUBLED from 2019 to 2021 as fentanyl fuels a nationwide crisis By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR […]