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UTAH – Last year, Chelsie Warren quit her job as a bus driver so she’d be free to sign up as one of Utah’s first cannabis patient cardholders and qualify for the plant-based treatment that soothes her chronic back pain. She’s found a new job since then and doesn’t regret the trade-off. But the Garland resident is disappointed she has to drive 40 minutes to the nearest cannabis pharmacy — which is often sold out of the gummies that provide her relief and sometimes also out of the raw flower she uses as a backup. She’s traveled outside Utah, where…

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.