According to the news release, fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug-related deaths in Colorado, increasing by more than 70% throughout the state in 2021.
According to the news release, fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug-related deaths in Colorado, increasing by more than 70% throughout the state in 2021.
A Lakewood pharmacy and its pharmacist owner, accused by federal investigators of illegally filling prescriptions with "exceptionally high opioid dosages and dangerous drug combinations" for more than six years and contributing to the opioid epidemic, recently avoided criminal prosecution.
Fentanyl is fueling tragedy in Colorado. The names and faces of those lost to the powerful synthetic opioid are proof. An Arapahoe County deputy his sharing his experience from the frontline of the fentanyl crisis.
Illicit fentanyl is being mixed in counterfeit prescription pills, killing Coloradans at an alarming rate. Following a drug bust in Colorado this week where 110,000 counterfeit pills cut with fentanyl were seized, one Front Range District Attorney is calling for revised laws surrounding the drug.