Officials Say Synthetic Drug Use More Prevalent In Mount Pleasant Area It's a lucrative business that is spreading further away from the inner city and reaching out to less dense areas of the nation and Michigan. It even makes millions of dollars annually. But it's also responsible for the more than 100 drug overdoses recorded the past few weeks in the Detroit area, which finally forced Wayne County to issue a warning May 19 because 12 people died from overdoses in a 24-hour period. [continues 952 words]