Tag: Euphoriants
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
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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Adams County father convicted of multiple charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning
An Adams County jury convicted a Brighton man of five charges in connection to the fentanyl poisoning and death of his two-year-old daughter after he left her unattended for 14 hours. Alonzo Montoya, 33, was convicted of the following charges following a two-week trial that began on Jan. 8, according to a news release from…