drug addiction
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Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center helps addicts get back on their feet
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Dustin French walked through the doors of The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center in downtown Denver in July after 16 years as an addict. It had taken him more than half a year to muster the courage to do so, but he was determined to make a change in his life. It was during the…
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Lawmakers kill bill to allow supervised drug injection sites in Colorado
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Proponents seeking to establish supervised drug injection sites in Colorado saw their latest effort in a years-long battle meet a bitter end Wednesday evening. House Bill 1202 sought to give municipalities the power to allow sites in their communities where people could use illegal drugs under supervision of medical professionals, which backers of the policy said would…
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Drug overdose deaths across Colorado drop for the first time in years
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Drug overdose deaths across Colorado eased slightly in 2018 for the first time in years, led by a drop in prescription painkiller deaths that have been a root cause of the opioid epidemic. Across the state, 974 people died from drug overdoses last year – a 38-person drop from the state’s record death toll set…
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COMMENTARY | Reporter tells story of drug addiction, recovery — his own
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Believe it or not, reporters are human, too. And on Thursday, Colorado Public Radio anchor Vic Vela shared a story that shined a spotlight on a very human problem — one that he kept under wraps for the better part of 15 years. He told his remarkable story of addiction and recovery Thursday as the…
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Navarro: What’s being done about opioid use in Colorado?
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There is an opioid crisis in Colorado and across the nation. Colorado, and especially southern Colorado, has seen an increase in use and abuse of opioids. Traditionally, when we hear the word opioid we think of the “junkie,” but that’s not where it ends or begins. With the rise in use and abuse, we see…
