department of public health and environment
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Third Denver-area library closes due to meth contamination
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The Bemis Public Library became the third Denver-area library in the past month to temporarily closed due to methamphetamine contamination, a trend that illustrates how drug use is spilling over into public spaces normally associated with children and learning. Following meth contamination findings in the Boulder and Englewood public libraries, the city of Littleton proactively…
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Ron Thomas sworn in as Denver’s new police chief
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Ron Thomas is sworn in as the new Chief of Police of the Denver Police Department on Oct. 18, 2022. He replaces the retiring Paul Pazen. Denver has a new top cop – at least until the mayor’s administration changes next year. Chief Ron Thomas took his oath of office Tuesday morning from Presiding Judge Nicole…
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Cheap, easy to produce and deadly: fentanyl and its dangerous mix
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Fentanyl has fueled a spiraling overdose crisis in Colorado and across the United States. The drug’s increasingly ubiquitous presence, both in the illicit market overall and in other substances, has permanently changed the drug supply, officials say. Between March 2020 and March 2021, more than 100,000 Americans fatally overdosed, the first time the country had…
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Strategies used against delta will remain vital against omicron, Colorado officials say
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Colorado health officials are confident they have the ability to identify and track the latest COVID-19 variant when it does emerge here, and they said Tuesday that current strategies, like vaccinations and masks, will remain vital regardless of the dominant virus strain. The omicron variant has not yet been identified anywhere in the United States,…
