‘6M pain pills from four doctors’: Arizona governor calls for new opioid painkillers laws

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey delivered his State of the State Address Monday in Phoenix and said he would call a special session to deal with the epidemic of opioid addiction. Ducey said in his speech more than 800 Arizonans had died from opioid overdoses over the past year. “These are real lives and real people. Gone,” Ducey said. “Someone’s mom, their dad. Daughters and sons. All ages. All incomes. Families, marriages and lives torn apart, tragically and unex pectedly because of a potent drug…
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