Doctor Training Shifts Conversation About Addiction And Opioids

Arizona health officials are pushing a new curriculum aimed at slowing the opioid overdose epidemic from the medicine prescribing angle. Another way to try and do that is being tested out by resident doctors by training their peers in using some of those same ideas of empathetic pain and addiction treatment.
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Analysis: Days In Arizona With A Heat Index Higher Than 105 Could Quadruple

The number of days with a heat index higher than 100 degrees in Arizona could more than double by the middle of the century, and the number of days with a heat index higher than 105 could more than quadruple by midcentury.

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Union Again Threatens To Take Over Cananea Mine

Unless the Mexican government takes dramatic actions, members of a miner’s union are again threatening to take over one of the country’s largest mines. In recent months, Section 65 had called off similar threats as negotiations with government officials proceeded.

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Fewer People Dying From Drug Overdoses Across US — Except In AZ

More than 1,700 Arizonans died from overdosing on any drug last December, which is the highest number ever recorded.

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House Committee Pass Bills To Prevent Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon

A House Committee passed two bills Wednesday that would prevent companies from mining for uranium near the Grand Canyon.

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Getting Art Into The Community, In North Phoenix

Elevate Coffee, located in the Norterra Shopping Center in north Phoenix, will become something of an art gallery for the next couple months. The Thunderbird Arts Center last week opened a new program called Thunderbird Art Works, which puts the work of four local artists into area businesses.

Resources Needed To Identify Inmates With Mental Illnesses

To talk about how the corrections system identifies inmates with serious mental illnesses, The Show spoke with Jose Ashford, director of the Office of Forensic Social Work at Arizona State University.