fentanyl
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Colorado gets $18 million in opioid settlement money
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Colorado will receive $18 million in opioid settlement money, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday. Nineteen regions in Colorado will split the $18 million, while Denver will get $4.7 million. Denver Labor team returns over $1 million to underpaid workers Denver plans to use the money in three areas: Prevention, treatment and infrastructure, according to…
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Lamborn, Neguse propose bill to allow schools to divert Covid-19 funds to combat student fentanyl use
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Saying the death of children from fentanyl overdoses in schools is “absolutely unacceptable,” U.S. Reps. Doug Lamborn and Joe Neguse introduced legislation aimed at allowing schools more flexibility to combat the fentanyl crisis by allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds for the purchase of drug overdose- reversing medicines. “The fact that children are dying from fentanyl…
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With focus on fentanyl, providers say Colorado must improve its treatment options
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As the executive director of a harm-reduction facility in the heart of Denver, Lisa Raville interacts with substance users constantly. Ask her about the state of inpatient treatment in the metro area, and she’ll laugh, as if you asked her about a stairway to the moon. Ask Julie Taub, an addiction medicine physician at Denver…
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Twenty new laws go into effect on Friday, including fentanyl, collective bargaining, state budget
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Twenty new laws will go into effect on Friday, including three of the most significant bills to come out of the 2022 legislative session. The state budget: With the fiscal year starting anew on Friday, the state’s 2022-23 budget kicks in. The spending plan, which legislators passed via House Bill 1329, allocates $36.4 billion in tax and cash…
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Gov. Jared Polis signs fentanyl bill into law
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Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping measure to address the state’s runaway fentanyl crisis. Parts of the bill immediately became law upon the governor’s signature; other parts take effect as late as Jan. 1, 2023. “People are fed up with the pain this new and dangerous drug is inflicting,” Polis said…
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SESSION 2022: Polis asked and received
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Gov. Jared Polis vowed at the beginning of the year to “use every single tool” at the state’s disposal to lift the economic burden on Coloradans amidst record-breaking inflation. Viewed through the lens of his office and from the perspective of his allies, he delivered. The governor’s critics, however, insist he fell short, pushing half…
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2022 SESSION: CONFRONTING CRISES | Actions of the 2022 General Assembly
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2022 offered legislators the first real opportunity to set an ambitious agenda after two years of limping through the global pandemic, but Colorado’s emergence out of the COVID-19 crisis also unleashed a torrent of challenges. There were many familiar problems, such as housing, behavioral health and wildfires, as well as new ones, notably soaring inflation…
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Federal prosecutors in Colorado warn of the dangers of fentanyl
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Federal prosecutors in Colorado are warning the public about the dangers of fentanyl. “Your next high could be your last,” Deborah Takahara, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office, said in a video released on Twitter. “… People are playing Russian roulette with fentanyl and other illicit street drugs that are laced with it.” “Fentanyl…
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District attorneys offer contrasting takes on new fentanyl law’s felony charge
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District attorneys are offering divergent interpretations of the compromise that finally broke the gridlock and facilitated passage of the legislative response to Colorado’s fentanyl crisis, with some insisting the new language burdens prosecutors while others maintaining it does the contrary. At issue is an amendment to House Bill 1326 that says a person caught with 1…
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Colorado Senate passes fentanyl bill, sets felony threshold at 1 gram
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The Senate Friday, on bipartisan lines, approved a sweeping measure that seeks to confront Colorado’s fentanyl crisis by making it a felony to possess 1 gram of an illicit substance that contains the deadly drug. The full Senate approved House Bill 1326 on a 24-8 vote, a day after the chamber decided that prosecutors shouldn’t have…