Before retiring, Jack Cole was an undercover officer in the war against drugs.

The White House had hoped to be reaping the political benefits of the new prescription-drug benefit, but the controversy over its passage won't go away.

About 4.3 percent of Maricopa County jail inmates randomly tested for drug use last year tested positive, according to the sheriff’s office. But the numbers have steadily decreased since random testing began in the mid-1990s.

State Rep. Amanda Reeve (R-Cave Creek) has proposed a bill that would make synthetic drugs marketed as Spice or K2 illegal in the state. The products are also known Skunk, Yucatan Fire, Black Mamba, Blaze and Red X Dawn and are sold as incense, though users typically smoke them like marijuana. The ingredients are currently illegal under federal law but not state law.

State Rep. Amanda Reeve (R-Cave Creek) has proposed a bill that would make synthetic drugs marketed as Spice or K2 illegal in the state. The products are also known Skunk, Yucatan Fire, Black Mamba, Blaze and Red X Dawn and are sold as incense, though users typically smoke them like marijuana. The ingredients are currently illegal under federal law but not state law.

State Rep. Amanda Reeve (R-Cave Creek) has proposed a bill that would make synthetic drugs marketed as Spice or K2 illegal in the state. The products are also known Skunk, Yucatan Fire, Black Mamba, Blaze and Red X Dawn and are sold as incense, though users typically smoke them like marijuana. The ingredients are currently illegal under federal law but not state law.

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has been ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week, according to court documents in her custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Deputies searching the Cave Creek area home of rapper DMX during an investigation into claims of animal cruelty found about a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Saturday.

SYDNEY, Australia - Actor Sylvester Stallone was formally convicted Monday of importing restricted muscle-building hormones into Australia and ordered to pay more than $9,870 in fines and court costs.

HARTFORD, Conn. - Seniors on Medicare are about to be swamped with choices as the federal government enacts a massive prescription drug program and health insurers begin battling to sign up customers across the country.

Carol and Kenneth Dingee used to travel through Yuma to Los Algodones, Mexico, for the prescription drugs they can't afford in the United States. Then the Mesa couple became hobbled by age and disabilities.

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A coalition of cities and groups has submitted petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that Mesa’s policy requiring random drug testing for firefighters is constitutional.

Three people were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of felony drug and identity theft charges after Scottsdale police discovered cocaine, marijuana and a counterfeit ID inside a downtown Scottsdale hotel room.

Prosecutors and police throughout the Valley are continuing to push back against the war on synthetic drugs.

Musicians, athletes and cheerleaders at Florence High School will now be subject to random drug testing after the school board approved the new policy Wednesday.

A series of television commercials praising Sen. Jon Kyl and Rep. J.D. Hayworth illustrate the reach of special interest groups in Washington, the lawmakers’ political opponents said Monday.

Arizona law bans marijuana, cocaine and heroin.

FLORENCE - Facing a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, Arizona has taken an unusual step that other death penalty states may soon follow: get their supplies from another country.

For the first time ever, drivers of taxi cabs and limousines in Arizona will soon be subject to random drug testing.