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This week at the Colorado Capitol, lawmakers advanced measures surrounding harm reduction and overdose prevention. The bills come after Denver saw a record number of fatal overdoses last year.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's Roads to Recovery aims to divert people with mental health and drug use problems into treatment, relying less on jails, emergency rooms and homeless shelters.
In 2018, Andrea Thomas got news that all parents dread. Her 32-year-old daughter Ashley, a mom herself, had died. The culprit was half a counterfeit pill that contained fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.
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