$3.6 million federal grant jump starts opioid awareness efforts in six counties
State officials said federal funding has helped jump start awareness campaigns and drug monitoring efforts to combat the prescription drug epidemic in six of Arizona’s 15 counties.
Letter to the Editor: Doctors offer further suggestions to prevent prescription drug abuse
Letter to the Editor: Doctors offer further suggestions to prevent prescription drug abuse
Prevention is preferable to a cure
The proper treatment of patients can take on a variety of challenges, but in all things physicians are guided by the Hippocratic Oath that includes the phrase, “I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.”
Bill would fund programs discouraging recreational pot use
The Senate gave preliminary approval on March 5 to a bill that would use Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Fund to discourage the recreational use of the drug.
The untold story behind medical marijuana’s success
Despite all the coverage of “medical” marijuana in Arizona, the news media’s own role in promoting this law has gone unreported. Yet it’s an important story.