I’m writing about your front page story: “Police warn teen heroin use is on the rise” by Garin Groff (June 22).

Chandler police are warning parents across the Valley about growing numbers of teenagers whose abuse of some prescription drugs has spiraled into an addiction to heroin.

INSYS Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, has recently signed a lease to move its headquarters to Chandler from Phoenix.

An effort in Washington state to curb a steep rise in prescription-drug overdose deaths -- the most ambitious crackdown in the nation -- has prompted a number of doctors and clinics to stop taking new chronic-pain patients on opiates, and in some cases to cut off current pain patients.

Few, if any, patients who check into the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute for surgery or chemotherapy will give a moment's thought to whether its medicine cabinet is stocked.

Ronald Fraser: At long last, policymakers in Washington have begun to draw a line between illicit drug use and the legitimate use of drugs as medicine. In March, President Barack Obama's attorney general announced the federal government will no longer prosecute medical marijuana clinics that operate in compliance with state laws. This means lawmakers in Phoenix are now free to decide - without interference from Washington - if marijuana will fill a medical niche in Arizona.

For months, Sandra Landeen has attended almost every Gilbert Town Council meeting, holding up photos of her son and accusing the town of failing to investigate his death.

For months, Sandra Landeen has attended almost every Gilbert Town Council meeting, holding up photos of her son and accusing the town of failing to investigate his death.

For months, Sandra Landeen has attended almost every Gilbert Town Council meeting, holding up photos of her son and accusing the town of failing to investigate his death.

Sandra Landeen’s last Mother’s Day became her worst nightmare. It was the day a police officer came to the door and told her that her 27-year-old son Michael Landeen was dead. Months have passed, but to Landeen it still feels like May 10, the day Michael went missing.

Sandra Landeen’s last Mother’s Day became her worst nightmare. It was the day a police officer came to the door and told her that her 27-year-old son Michael Landeen was dead. Months have passed, but to Landeen it still feels like May 10, the day Michael went missing.

Vicky Jerdee used to be an active mom, playing outside with her two children and working numerous hours as a nurse to support her family. But all of that changed nearly two years ago.

Vicky Jerdee used to be an active mom, playing outside with her two children and working numerous hours as a nurse to support her family. But all of that changed nearly two years ago.