Tag: Overdose
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Appeals court orders new child abuse trial after defense lawyer overrode client, admitted guilt
A man serving 28 years for child abuse will receive a new trial, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday, because the defense attorney overrode his client’s wishes and told the jury the defendant was guilty in the overdose death of his son. After a mistrial, a second trial resulted in jurors convicting Joenny Manuel Astacio…
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Arapahoe County sees first fentanyl-overdose homicide arrest
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects in connection to a fentanyl overdose death — the first in the county since the law was passed increasing penalties regarding drug distribution. Following a year-long investigation, an arrest warrant was issued on July 23 for Max Arsenault, 32 and Julia Weishaar, 26, on suspicion of manslaughter and…
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Recovery Cards Project brings healing words for the holidays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The aisles of Hallmark stores, and other holiday businesses, are lined with a staggering amount of greeting cards. From birthdays to graduations, any occasion can be met with a designed card. The global greeting card market was valued at $19.25 billion in 2022, according to…
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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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Doctors cite growing importance of free opioid overdose antidote in hospital labor and delivery departments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With fentanyl leading to increased overdose deaths across Colorado, Naloxone and other drugs designed to reverse such overdoses are becoming essential to have on hand, said Dr. Don Stader, an addiction specialist and emergency physician at Swedish Medical Center. Naloxone should be available to people…
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Boulder County officials warn of street drugs laced with fentanyl in county
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder County officials say there have been street drugs such as Xanax laced with fentanyl — a powerful opioid — circulating around the county. Officials say they discovered Xanax and Oxycodone 30 mg. pills were…
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Man charged with murder for fentanyl overdose death of 16-year-old Lakewood girl
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jorge Alexander Che-Quiab has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl from Lakewood who was killed by a fentanyl overdose in Aurora on Aug. 7. Che-Quiab, 25, has been charged with 13 counts,…