Tag: fentanyl
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COLORADO POLITICKING | Fentanyl, abortion and more from a busy legislative session
With the Colorado legislative session adjourning, the team from Colorado Politics looks back on some of the hot-button issues the legislature has tackled so far in 2022. Coloradans saw a prolonged fight over how the state should combat the fentanyl crisis, a Democratic-led coalition affirming abortion rights and more during a news-filled, and plenty of…
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COLORADO POLITICKING | Lawmakers focus on fentanyl
This week on Colorado Politicking, reporters Marianne Goodland and Seth Klamann join host Pat Poblete unpack the House Judiciary Committee’s two-day hearing on a bill that among other things lowers felony threshold for fentanyl possession.
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COLORADO POLITICS | Advocates discuss Colorado’s soaring crime, notably rise in fentanyl deaths
In a March 1 forum organized by Colorado Politics and the Denver Gazette, panelists offer diagnoses and potential solutions to the soaring crime rate in Colorado, including rise in fentanyl deaths.
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Man arrested for fentanyl distribution near downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man was arrested Sunday near downtown Colorado Springs after detectives seized about 13,000 fentanyl pills from him. Detectives from the the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Division, along with officers from the Downtown Area Response Team and agents from the…
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Man arrested for fentanyl distribution near downtown Colorado Springs
A man was arrested Sunday near downtown Colorado Springs after detectives seized about 13,000 fentanyl pills from him. Detectives from the the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Division, along with officers from the Downtown Area Response Team and agents from the Department of Homeland Security, apprehended Oswaldo Beltran, 44, after intercepting a…
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Fentanyl-related deaths more than double in El Paso County
Overdoses related to fentanyl — a potent synthetic opioid — more than doubled last year in El Paso County, according to data from the county coroner’s office. For years, public health and law enforcement officials warned about the powerful drug that was causing spikes in overdoses on the East Coast and steadily making its way toward western…