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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
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A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…
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BIDLACK | Forget the feds; it’s local government that matters most to you
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Regular readers of my twice-weekly columns (Hi Dan the opinion editor!) may recall my frequent harping on the importance of local government in the lives of Coloradans, while we tend to focus far too much attention on the national-level politics that impacts our lives less dramatically. But a recent story in the Colorado Springs Gazette…
