The Arizona Medical Board has suspended a Scottsdale doctor suspected of writing thousands of illegal prescriptions for human growth hormones and other controlled drugs, many of which were reportedly sold through Internet pharmacies.

November 11, 2004

Former Chandler police officer Dan Lovelace will keep his state certification as a police officer and be eligible to work at any law enforcement agency in Arizona, whether or not Chandler decides to rehire him, the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training board decided Wednesday.

A statewide database would alert authorities to prescription drug abuse — by both patients and doctors — under a bill making its way through the state House.

Supporters of Canadian drug reimportation are trying to put the issue center stage at the Arizona Legislature this fall.

The prepared text of Gov. Janet Napolitano’s State of the State address Monday:

Dr. John Molina is accustomed to fighting to get health coverage for poor Hispanics who come to his Guadalupe clinic. But the state Board of Pharmacy’s threat to take him to court for telling patients about Canadian pharmacy bargains took him by surprise.

The Arizona Medical Board has revoked the licenses of two East Valley doctors — a longtime obstetrician previously in trouble for Internet prescribing and a Gilbert anesthesiologist with a history of substance abuse.

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — As he sat in the doctor's office, ex-boxer and weightlifter Gerald Dixon explained that years of sports had left him in pain, especially his hands, and he was looking for relief.

Arizona's pharmacy board is moving aggressively to discourage consumers from purchasing less expensive prescription drugs imported from Canada or other foreign countries, an increasingly popular option for people faced with skyrocketing medicine costs.

Former Chandler police officer Dan Lovelace will keep his state certification as a police officer and be eligible to work at any law enforcement agency in Arizona, whether or not Chandler decides to rehire him, the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training board decided Wednesday.

Four Valley mail-order drug companies have been accused by the state pharmacy board of selling prescription drugs without a license.

For decades, Larry Glass dispensed U.S. medications as a pharmacist, but today the retired Mesa resident turns to Canada for his heart drugs.

Joel Korsunsky is not afraid of state regulators who tried to shut down his Canadian prescription drug business in Scottsdale. He’s opening another one in Mesa.

Arizona soon will have a new tool to crack down on prescription drug abusers who move from doctor to doctor asking for pain killers.

By all appearances, Scottsdale physician David A. Wilbirt has reached the pinnacle of a successful medical career.

By all appearances, Scottsdale physician David A. Wilbirt has reached the pinnacle of a successful medical career.

Fierce opposition from the Food and Drug Administration and the Bush administration to a drug-importation bill crawling through Congress has put the jitters into a Scottsdale-based company that imports cheap prescription drugs into Arizona from Canada.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday it is suing two East Valley businesses for racial discrimination.

“Seven Mesa High students taken to hospital.”

Seven people suspected of being involved in a stolen prescription-drug ring were arrested Thursday by Mesa police after a six-week investigation.

A Scottsdale anti-aging doctor is back at work after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge postponed his license suspension pending a hearing today.

Albertsons supermarkets will continue to operate in Arizona with new ownership while CVS will swallow up stand-alone Osco stores, doubling its East Valley presence, according to $17.4 billion supermarketpharmacy sale announced Monday.

The legality may be open to question, but that isn’t preventing businesses that help consumers buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs from entering the East Valley market.