u.s. centers for disease control and prevention
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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…
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Colorado’s student enrollment plunged during the pandemic — especially among kindergarten and younger grades — stoking fears
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Fifteen hundred dollars a month was a small price for Candida Ring to pay to escape the virtual schooling the pandemic had her family stuck in, due to her daughter’s medical fragility. “It was not set up for children of that age,” Ring said of her school district’s online program for younger students. “They wanted them…
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Colorado is falling behind in the fight against tobacco use
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Colorado falls short in implementing policies and passing legislation to reduce death and suffering from cancer. According to the latest edition of “How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,” Colorado meets the policy recommendations in just two of the nine key issue areas. The…
