opioids
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Colorado lawmakers OK dispensing prescription drugs via ‘vending machines’
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Picking up prescription medications could soon be as easy as buying a candy bar in Colorado, thanks to a bill passed by the state legislature on Wednesday. If enacted, House Bill 1195 would allow pharmacies to use automated “vending machines” to dispense prescription medications to patients. The machines could be put in hospitals, health clinics or retail…
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Meds from ‘vending machines’? Colorado lawmakers explore automation to dispense drugs
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Picking up prescription medications could soon be as easy as buying a candy bar in Colorado – if a new bill from the state House is passed into law. House Bill 1195 would allow pharmacies to use automated “vending machines” to dispense prescription medications to patients. The machines could be put in hospitals, health clinics…
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CVS, Walgreens to pay $10.7 billion in opioid settlement led by Colorado, other states
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CVS, Walgreens and over a dozen states have finalized a settlement for the drug store chains to pay $10.7 billion to resolve claims that they contributed to the opioid addiction crisis. Colorado is set to receive more than $150 million of the settlement money, state Attorney General Phil Weiser announced on Monday. Weiser led the…
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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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El Paso County law enforcement, county officials discuss fentanyl crisis
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, local law enforcement leaders, county officials and health care leaders gathered to discuss the worsening fentanyl crisis and its impacts on El Paso County during a roundtable Wednesday at the Sheriff’s Office. The meeting was designed to raise public awareness about the proliferation of fentanyl and its deadliness as El Paso…
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El Paso County health officials discuss fentanyl crisis: ‘It really has to involve all of us’
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The El Paso County Board of Health met Wednesday to discuss the rising fentanyl crisis in the community and the downscaling of the county’s response to COVID-19. Accidental fentanyl overdoses killed 102 people within El Paso County in 2021 compared to five years ago, when four died, according to data from the El Paso County…
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Colorado on track to receive $385 million from settlements over opioid epidemic
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Colorado is on track to receive roughly $385 million as part of legal settlements reached with Johnson & Johnson and three of the country’s largest drug distribution companies over their role fueling the opioid epidemic, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday. The sum represents Colorado’s share of the payout in a $26 billion class…
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INSIGHTS | Ganahl pins fentanyl surge on Polis’ policies
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Heidi Ganahl is an untested candidate in a crowded governor’s race, but where she’s starting provides a strong indication of where Republicans are headed in 2022. Gov. Jared Polis is expected to run on his record of lowering the cost of health care, cracking down on air pollution, promoting greener transportation and making free full-day…
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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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WATCH: The first Colorado Senate bill of the session focuses on opioid abuse
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The first bill introduced by the Colorado state Senate each session tends to signal what the Senate majority thinks is a major issue facing our state. This year, Senate Bill 1 is about opioids. Democratic Senate President Leroy Garcia is a prime sponsor for the bill. The bill seeks to expand Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)…
