Advertise with Googlier.com Pain | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Pain | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Allister Adel serves at the pleasure of the voters: Respect that https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/11/allister-adel-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-voters-respect-that/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/11/allister-adel-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-voters-respect-that/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:13:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=253143 The witch-hunt brewing over ousting the duly elected Maricopa County Attorney, Allister Adel, is troubling. Yes, she admitted to a struggle with substance abuse. Yes, she went to rehab. Yes,... […]

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]]> Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel. The witch-hunt brewing over ousting the duly elected Maricopa County Attorney, Allister Adel, is troubling. Yes, she admitted to a struggle...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/02/11/allister-adel-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-voters-respect-that/feed/ 0 253143 Bill says doctors can go to prison for incomplete medical marijuana exam https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/15/bill-says-doctors-can-go-to-prison-for-incomplete-medical-marijuana-exam/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/15/bill-says-doctors-can-go-to-prison-for-incomplete-medical-marijuana-exam/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:58:54 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=111590 The 6-3 vote Thursday for HB 2067 would impose prison terms of up to a year for medical professionals who fail to conduct a full medical exam before issuing the required state certification to buy and use the drug.

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]]> State lawmakers are moving to make felons of doctors who don’t follow all the rules when recommending that a patient be allowed to use marijuana. The 6-3 vote Thursday for...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/15/bill-says-doctors-can-go-to-prison-for-incomplete-medical-marijuana-exam/feed/ 1 111590 Legislature passes opioids package https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/25/arizona-legislature-doug-ducey-opioid-special-session-legislation-package-passes/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/25/arizona-legislature-doug-ducey-opioid-special-session-legislation-package-passes/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:08:33 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=111041 State lawmakers voted late Thursday to adopt changes in laws on opioids despite what some said are flaws and concerns by others that the plan won't do much of anything to deal with the drug abuse epidemic.

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]]> (Photo by Ellen O’Brien/Arizona Capitol Times) State lawmakers voted late Thursday to adopt changes in laws on opioids despite what some said are flaws and concerns...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/25/arizona-legislature-doug-ducey-opioid-special-session-legislation-package-passes/feed/ 0 111041 New website helps patients compare hospital costs, procedures https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/06/05/new-az-website-helps-patients-compare-hospital-costs-procedures/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/06/05/new-az-website-helps-patients-compare-hospital-costs-procedures/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2014 02:03:28 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=74350 New data has just been uploaded onto a state-run website to help would-be patients compare, on a hospital-by-hospital basis, outcomes on all sorts of medical issues, like how often a surgery patient bleeds after a procedure to the chances of dying in the hospital after heart failure. There even are results of more subjective surveys of patients of how well doctors and nurses communicated with them.

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]]> Pregnant? Want to avoid a C-section if at all possible? The state Department of Health Services may be able to help. New data has just been uploaded onto an agency-run...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/06/05/new-az-website-helps-patients-compare-hospital-costs-procedures/feed/ 0 74350 Arizona targets lax medical marijuana doctors https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/11/arizona-targets-lax-medical-marijuana-doctors/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/11/arizona-targets-lax-medical-marijuana-doctors/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:40:09 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64702 Arizona health officials are looking to root out physicians who are improperly recommending medical marijuana for patients who claim to suffer from chronic pain.

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]]> Arizona health officials are looking to root out physicians who are improperly recommending medical marijuana for patients who claim to suffer from chronic pain. As part of the effort, the...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/11/arizona-targets-lax-medical-marijuana-doctors/feed/ 2 64702 Advocates, doctors urge state to add PTSD to medical pot treatment https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/advocates-doctors-urge-arizona-to-add-ptsd-to-medical-marijuana-treatment/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/advocates-doctors-urge-arizona-to-add-ptsd-to-medical-marijuana-treatment/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:31:30 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64460 Mike Ulinger, who retired after 30 years as a Phoenix firefighter, said he couldn’t go anywhere or do anything and became an alcoholic to self-treat post-traumatic stress disorder he attributes to his job.

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]]> Mike Ulinger, who retired after 30 years as a Phoenix firefighter, said he couldn’t go anywhere or do anything and became an alcoholic to self-treat post-traumatic stress disorder he attributes...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/advocates-doctors-urge-arizona-to-add-ptsd-to-medical-marijuana-treatment/feed/ 1 64460 The untold story behind medical marijuana’s success https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/the-untold-story-behind-arizona-medical-marijuanas-success/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/the-untold-story-behind-arizona-medical-marijuanas-success/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:29:10 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=59686 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.

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]]> 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. In 2010, when Proposition...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/the-untold-story-behind-arizona-medical-marijuanas-success/feed/ 16 59686 As a former U.S. attorney, here’s why I support the medical marijuana law https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/15/as-a-former-u-s-attorney-heres-why-i-support-the-medical-marijuana-law/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/15/as-a-former-u-s-attorney-heres-why-i-support-the-medical-marijuana-law/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:37:23 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=56229 My top priority from 1981-1985 was fighting the drug war.

Sometimes it takes extraordinary circumstances to get people to see ordinary truths. And that is the case with me.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_53388" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Medical marijuana is packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Seattle. After voters...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/15/as-a-former-u-s-attorney-heres-why-i-support-the-medical-marijuana-law/feed/ 10 56229 Veterans: marijuana eases PTSD https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/05/veterans-marijuana-eases-ptsd/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/05/veterans-marijuana-eases-ptsd/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:19:07 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46661 More veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other pain are turning to marijuana to deal with their symptoms.

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]]> More veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other pain are turning to marijuana to deal with their symptoms. The Arizona Republic reports veterans and advocates are urging health officials to...

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