Cochise County to Join Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers
County claims it spends hundred of thousands of dollars each year combatting problems stemming from opioid addiction.
State Prepares to Launch Opioid Hotline for Health Care Providers
Hotline will offer doctors assistance with treating patients who are using opioids.
Survey: 25% of Arizona Teens Use Rx Painkillers Without Doctor Consent
Many parents would allow teens to use the drugs for pain, which carries addiction risk.
TPD Warns of Fake Oxycodone in Tucson's Illicit Drug Market
The pills can contain other substances, including lethal doses of opioids like fentanyl.
Arizona Releases Plan to Fight Opioid Epidemic
A Department of Health Services report outlines 12 actions to fight the opioid crisis.
"When We Are in Our Addiction, We Are Not Living."
Arizona Spotlight devotes an episode to understanding addiction, including two stories of recovery from destructive eating habits..
Farewell to The King of the Monsters
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Opioid addicts struggle to get their recovery covered; astronomical events in the works of William Shakespeare; and a folktale from India in "The Drum & The Story".
When Addiction Starts With a Prescription
Part 1: Q&A with a young woman in Tucson being treated for addiction.
Episode 319: Opioids in Arizona - A State of Emergency
Arizona Week: Investigating extent of opioid addiction, why people get hooked.
Episode 141: Local Governments Say No to Trump's Wall
Metro Week: 2 fire districts propose consolidation; new Catholic bishop coming to Tucson.
Feds Give Arizona $24M to Combat Opioid Epidemic
12th biggest grant in the country, based on need and prevalence of opioid addiction.
Poll: 42% in State Know Someone Addicted to Opioids
Survey says one-third of Arizonans weren't warned by doctors of drugs' addictive nature.
Arizona Opioid-Related Deaths Rise Less Than US Average
Heroin is most commonly abused illicit substance contributing to death in Pima County.
METRO WEEK: How's Your Health, Pima County?
County-wide health analysis shows strengths, weaknesses of health services.
Arizona at Front Line of Nation's Drug Addiction Epidemic
Expert: '4 out of 5 who become addicted to heroin started by using prescription opiates.'
