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Colorado Supreme Court says health providers may be sued for reporting drug theft
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Even though individual healthcare workers enjoy immunity from lawsuits when investigating potential prescription drug theft, the same shield does not exist for organizations that report such criminal activity, the Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday. Certain laws in Colorado grant immunity to “persons” who report crimes or elder abuse. However, the question for the Supreme Court…
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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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Denver officials, police stress dangers of fentanyl abuse
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Nearly one week after five people died of an apparent fentanyl overdoes in Adams County, the City of Denver stressed the dangers of fentanyl abuse. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times strong than morphine. Between May 2020 and April 2021, the number of…
