Tag: Drug Overdose
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Fatal fentanyl overdoses in Denver up nearly 25% in 2025, health department says
Fatal fentanyl overdoses in Denver rose by nearly 25% in 2025 to the second-highest total in the past half decade, according to preliminary data from the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment. Within the city, 346 people died last year from fatal fentanyl doses, up from 277 the year before, which is second to…
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Douglas County woman convicted in 2022 fentanyl death of toddler
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Birkbeck as Gilmour’s current boyfriend. The two were not in a relationship at the time of Layton’s death. The Denver Gazette regrets the error. A jury found a Douglas County woman guilty Friday in the 2022 death of her son from a fentanyl overdose. Hanna…
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Man faces up to 190 years in prison for fentanyl distribution in Boulder County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man faces up to 190 years in prison for fentanyl distribution leading to the death of at least one other person in Boulder County. Carlos Centeno-Izaguirre pleaded guilty to several counts, including distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death as well as distributing…
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Underground Music Showcase trains staff for potential fentanyl overdoses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Though the Underground Music Showcase (UMS) is set to bring three fun-filled days of live music to the South Broadway neighborhood, the event organizers know that potential drug overdoses are always a possibility. “Obviously, we do not permit drugs on our premises, but we’re also…
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
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A total of 522 people died from drug overdoses in Denver in 2023, the most since tracking began in 1923, according to Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner. Around 40% of those deaths involved the use of fentanyl, according to the office. In an effort to battle the ongoing fentanyl war that has blazed since…
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Denver overdose deaths highest in a century of record keeping
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Drug overdose deaths hit Denver harder in 2023 than they ever have in 100 years of record keeping, preliminary numbers from last year show. The overdose crisis has, in particular, hammered the city’s homeless population. Homeless people made up 38% of the overdose deaths last year, according to the data. In 2023, 522 people died…
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Meth contamination in libraries is tip of the iceberg, experts say
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Meth contamination forced three Denver area libraries to close in the last two months, but they’re not the only public spaces experiencing the kind of substance abuse that poses a health hazard to unsuspecting Coloradans. Drug contamination is increasingly becoming a pernicious problem in the state — so much so that it’s keeping one company that…
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Drug overdoses surged during pandemic, outreach programs struggling to help
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drug overdose deaths in Colorado began to climb in March, with the full onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and continued to surge through the spring. By May, according to state health department data, the number of drug overdose deaths reached nearly twice the average from…