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Correction: Opioid Crisis-Where's the Money? story

9/5/2019
Correction: Opioid Crisis-Where's the Money? story by By The Associated Press , Associated Press - 24 September 2019 12:14-04:00 In a story Sept. 5 about the family that owns Purdue Pharma, The …

Syringe program for addicts operates in legal gray …

8/10/2019
By Taniyah Williamson and Tanner Puckett Cronkite News PHOENIX — While the debate around laws that would allow clean needle exchange programs to operate legally in Arizona continues, one …

Arizona lawsuit wants stop of $4B transfer to owners …

7/31/2019
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the family that owns a major opioid manufacturer from “looting” …

National Drug Take Back events eclipse 5,400 tons in …

4/25/2019
Citizens are getting ready to rid themselves of unneeded drugs with an upcoming take-back event across the nation. Saturday is the U.S. Drug …

Mother urges Phoenix police to carry life-saving …

4/18/2019
By Bryce Newberry Cronkite News PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department is the largest law enforcement agency in Arizona whose officers don’t carry the opioid overdose-reversal drug Narcan, …

Updated guidelines for dispensing opioids in Arizona

5/31/2018
By Cecilia Chan Independent Newsmedia With over two people a day dying from an opioid overdose in Arizona — the majority of it from prescription painkillers, state health officials have …

Updated guidelines for dispensing opioids in Arizona

5/31/2018
By Cecilia Chan Independent Newsmedia With over two people a day dying from an opioid overdose in Arizona — the majority of it from prescription painkillers, state health officials have …

MCSO arrests 2 men in fentanyl bust involving about …

5/23/2018
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said two men were arrested after the seizure of a large amount of narcotic drugs inside a stuff animal. Detectives with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking …

MCSO arrests 2 men in fentanyl bust involving about …

5/23/2018
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said two men were arrested after the seizure of a large amount of narcotic drugs inside a stuff animal. Detectives with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking …

West Valley battles opioid abuse

7/13/2017
2016 Arizona Opioid Report highlights • 64 percent of the growth in opioid deaths over the last four years and nearly 54 percent in the last two years have been heroin deaths • Heroin has …

Valleywide DEA pharmacy bust involves warrants in …

7/7/2017
  Richard Smith Independent Newsmedia Surprise was at the center of a multi-city pharmacy bust Thursday executed Valley-wide by The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland …