Tag: Fentanyl Crisis
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Boulder County warns of deadly fentanyl powder in local illicit drug market
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder County health officials on Thursday warned residents of a high-powered fentanyl powder that is making its way through the area’s illicit drug market — the results of which may be deadly. Police responded to a suspected overdose death in Boulder on Saturday, according to…
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After a year of declining fentanyl deaths, Denver sees alarming increase
After seeing a reprieve, of sorts, from fentanyl overdose last year with the number of deaths in Colorado reaching a plateau — a first in three years — the opioid appears to be making a deadly come back in 2023. Preliminary numbers in Denver show a roughly 16% increase in the number of fentanyl overdose…
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5 fentanyl overdoses reported in Boulder within 36-hour period: Is a new pill to blame?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save __tnt.youtube.players.register(‘youtube-player-96f4cf88-da57-11ed-8bc8-4fdb5d8017f4’); Boulder police want to know who is distributing unusually strong or tainted fentanyl, which they believe may have led to a concentrated string of overdoses this week. Starting Tuesday, five people overdosed on fentanyl in a 36-hour period. Police wonder if the pills originated…
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Denver police launch fentanyl task force in response to epidemic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fentanyl — the new boss drug — is a lot different from the old lords of methamphetamines, crack cocaine or even “regular” opioids. And marijuana is so 2012. This week, the Denver Police Department repurposed its Marijuana Task Force with a new unit to hone in…
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No. 2 or No. 26? Polis, Ganahl debate Colorado’s fentanyl ranking
Gov. Jared Polis, who seeks reelection, and Heidi Ganahl, the Republican nominee, clashed over fentanyl deaths during a debate on Sunday, with the Democrat claiming a middle-of-the-pack ranking for Colorado and the challenger arguing the state sits near the top of the charts. So, who is correct? Based on the phrasing each candidate used, they…