May 12, 2022 · More than 900 Coloradans died from a fentanyl overdose last year, according to state health department data, including four children under the age 1, and 35 people between the ages of 10 and 18. In 2020, 540 people died from a fentanyl overdose in Colorado.

May 22, 2024 · Fentanyl-related overdose deaths hit a new high in 2023 as law enforcement seized record amounts of the synthetic opioid, official data shows. At least 1,089 people died from fentanyl poisoning last year, up 18.4% from 920 the year before, according to preliminary data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Concerning measures to address synthetic opiates, and, in connection therewith, changing the criminal penalties associated with synthetic opiates; using a substance abuse assessment to direct appropriate treatment at sentencing; providing opiate antagonists in the community; providing synthetic opiate detection tests in the community; creating ...

Colorado residents, 2010- 2023 . Total drug overdose deaths. Total opioids: Any opioid analgesic, fentanyl or heroin. Fentanyl. Prescription opioid analgesic, without fentanyl. Deaths involving more than one substance will be counted in each respecrive category. Source: Vital Statistics Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Dec 3, 2024 · DENVER – The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) announces it has seized nearly 2.7 million fentanyl pills – or “fake” pills – in Colorado, with one month remaining in the year. This breaks last year’s record-setting 2.61 million pills seized in the state.

May 25, 2022 · Starting on July 1, police and prosecutors will be able to charge people with felonies for possessing more than 1 gram of the drug fentanyl or of any substance containing it. It’s one major...

Jun 22, 2023 · Fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug-related deaths in Colorado, increasing by more than 70 percent throughout the state in 2021. Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.

6 days ago · The DEA helped dismantle a fentanyl and methamphetamine drug trafficking ring in Northern Colorado last March, resulting in the seizure more than 19 pounds of fentanyl, or 85,000 dose units.

Jun 22, 2023 · Fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug-related deaths in Colorado, increasing by more than 70 percent throughout the state in 2021. Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.

May 25, 2022 · The controversial legislation to combat fentanyl, which killed more than 900 people in Colorado last year, officially became state law Wednesday.