The Drug Enforcement Administration and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

Three students from the East Valley Institute of Technology won gold medals last month at two national competitions.

The traditional 5 "Cs" of Arizona are:Copper, Cotton, Cattle, Citrus, Climate.

A community drug turn-in event, in partnership between Target and the Chandler Police Department, will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Target located at 3425 W. Frye Rd., Chandler.

State health officials say a delay in opening the first medical marijuana dispensary in the Phoenix area means there will be a delay in starting to phase out cardholders’ authorizations to grow their own.

Police say they have arrested the operator of two “compassion clubs” in Tempe and seized more than 120 marijuana plants.

PHOENIX — A state appeals court hears arguments Thursday on whether to temporarily put on hold a judge's order upholding Arizona's medical marijuana program.

The Gilbert Police Department, in partnership with Shred It, will host a crime prevention event 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Target Store parking lot, 3931 S. Gilbert Road. During the event, residents can securely shred documents, dispose of medicine and get vehicle V.I.N. etching.

Seven Mesa High School students were taken to the hospital Wednesday after allegedly smoking an unknown substance.

Mesa police arrested two men officers say had more than 14 pounds of drugs worth $425,000 in their possession after a traffic stop was conducted on each of the suspects, one of whom had his baby daughter in the back seat of the car.

The state's first medical marijuana dispensaries could be up, running and selling the drug by mid July.

Once upon a time there was no drug-related crime in the United States.

State lawmakers voted Thursday to put new limits on the packaging of food and drinks containing medical marijuana.

Dear Sirs, Please be advised that President Obama has said in an interview with Barbara Walters the following when it comes to legalized marijuana. “We’ve got bigger fish to fry... It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational uses in states that have determined that it’s legal.”

A nurse at a hospital in Mesa is being accused of stealing nearly $700 worth of drugs for his personal use.

A Chandler plastic surgeon charged with helping run a prescription drug ring has been extradited to Arizona following his arrest in North Dakota.

Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced Thursday that Arizonans turned in 60 percent more pills than last year's Take-Back event, demonstrating the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers.

There are not too many things I’d bet my life on. So, if you told me that “Danny” would some day become addicted to opiates, I’d have bet all I had. Just name an indicator of stability and this 29-year-old had it.

If you’re having trouble affording your prescription medications, just text the word “family” to 700700 to save up to 75 percent on the cost of your medicine. “It really is that easy,” said Mesa United Way President Dan Wollam.

I’m writing about Bill Richardson’s Dec. 30 guest commentary: “Tempe must try to cut off drug cartel tentacles.”

Jeffrey Martinson's defense attorneys continued to shine doubt on the thoroughness of autopsy reports on Friday, with testimony from a heart expert who said Joshua Eberle-Martinson's death in 2004 could have been caused by a heart defect that only manifested itself later in life.

January 26, 2005

Thousands of Arizona children landed in emergency departments last year as a result of accidental poisonings from prescription medicines in their home, according to the state Department of Health Services.

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" (Galatians 5:22).