Judge weighs privacy in prescription-drug database case

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge was weighing Thursday whether the Drug Enforcement Administration can access a Utah prescription-drug database without a warrant in a lawsuit that pits the right to privacy against the need to combat the country's opioid-drug epidemic."I think this is a fascinating case," said U.S. District Judge David Nuffer, who's considering whether to follow another judge's recommendation that sided with the DEA.The agency is fighting to be exempt from a Utah law that r