Progress on marijuana law reform was made last week in three states: Maine, Colorado and New Jersey. Find out more in our weekly marijuana legislative roundup.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement Tuesday that drugs intended to relieve pain and suffering should be scrutinized and tested by official medical institutions before release to the public.
Somewhere around 60,000 people a year are succumbing to fatal overdoses from opioids, according to the latest statistics from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.