Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – What a year it’s been. Now that 2020 has drawn to a close, the prevailing opinion is that this day couldn’t have come soon enough. Twelve months of fear as an at first mysterious but now all too familiar virus spread across the globe. Twelve months of worry and resentment as that virus crept into every facet of our lives, upending plans, decimating businesses’ bottom lines and forcing people apart from their friends and loved ones.

UTAH — After a recent tragedy, a Utah legislator and doctor is proposing a bill to limit the supply of opioids a doctor can prescribe to a patient after surgery. Recently, Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, who works as a doctor, was on call for his practice when a police officer asked if he would be able to sign a death certificate for a woman on his on-call list that night.