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Rep. John Curtis, R-UT, has introduced legislation he said will help combat opioid addiction. It would let patients state in their medical records that they don’t want to be given opioids. Dr. Shane Brogan, director of pain medicine with Huntsman Cancer Institute said the bill has good intentions, but a more important step would be to make it easier to access other pain treatment options — like physical therapy.

Monday evening, Feb. 24, 2020Maintaining Navajo RoadsA 2-year-old stalemate over who should maintain roads on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County has…

A first-of-its-kind program at the University of Utah is bringing together teachers and professors to create high school curriculum about opioids. Inside…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported record drug overdose numbers in 2017, but a handful of states saw a decrease last…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a record 72,000 people died from opioid overdoses last year. Meanwhile, a newly published...