Hearing focuses on doctors’ roles in opioid abuse

Health Director Cara Christ said a red cap requirement is designed to make sure that patients realize this is a special drug that requires special attention. /Screenshot/Rose Law Group Reporter

Critic says legislation ‘not well thought out’

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times

A far-reaching plan designed to help put a dent in opioid abuse cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday as a pain management physician warned lawmakers to proceed — but be cautious.

William Thompson told members of the House Health Committee a key reason there is a crisis is because of policies set by government and others in the first place. That includes an increasing focus on the fact that chronic pain is a legitimate complaint.

But Thompson said that led to doctors who really “didn’t know what they were doing” prescribing pain medications.

And there’s something else.

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