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DEA photo shows meth in its finished form. (Courtesy DEA)

Methamphetamines, not opioids, top threat to Arizona

Shaq Davis February 22, 2018

Prescription opioids in Arizona accounted for 482 deaths in 2016, but the top threat to the state remains the presence of illegal meth. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration in Phoenix identifies...

Tombstone Krokodil Case a Rumor, but Meth Incidents on the Rise

asnsadmin May 6, 2014

The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that a 61-year-old Tombstone woman died in April from a fatal combination of methamphetamine and the prescription narcotic Fentanyl, not the highly toxic drug...

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