Tag: Harm Reduction
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Drug use flyer reignites ‘harm reduction’ debate in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Inhale slow and exhale fast — holding your breath won’t get you higher, but it will damage your lungs.” That’s just some of the advice found on a small flyer distributed by Access Point Denver to individuals who may use a glass bubble pipe to…
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AG’s Office announces $3 million grant from opioid settlements to maintain naloxone access statewide
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $3 million grant from Colorado’s opioid settlement funds will be used to provide free naloxone to organizations statewide. The distribution of naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdose, is meant to help save lives by increasing access to…
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$4.5 million Salvation Army contract makes third return to Denver Council agenda
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Back for its third appearance before the Denver City Council is a resolution to add 12 months and $4.5 million to an existing Salvation Army agreement to provide “programmatic services” at the Crossroads Center, a 24-hour, low-barrier, 300-bed emergency shelter facility for homeless men located…
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City votes to remove cap and distance requirement on needle exchange programs
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Denver City Council’s decision to remove restrictions on syringe exchange programs, including a cap on the number of sites and distance limits from schools and daycare centers, could lead to an increase in these programs in 2025. City Council voted 8 to 5 vote Monday night to update the existing city municipal code and remove…
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City Council Preview: Needle exchange bill up for final vote
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Denver City Council will hold its Monday meeting beginning at 3:30 p.m., followed by the general public comment session at 5 p.m. Three proclamations will be issued. The first recognizes Standing Together for a United Denver. The second honors the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission and Marade. The third, which will be…
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Colorado gets $18 million in opioid settlement money
Colorado will receive $18 million in opioid settlement money, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday. Nineteen regions in Colorado will split the $18 million, while Denver will get $4.7 million. Denver plans to use the money in three areas: Prevention, treatment and infrastructure, according to a Thursday news release from the Denver Department of Public…
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Gun buyback event planned in Aurora for National Gun Buyback Day
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver and Aurora city council members along with the Denver Broncos on Saturday will host their fourth gun buyback event this year, part of a National Gun Buyback Day observance. Denver Councilmember Amanda Sawyer said people looking to drop off weapons may drive through the Heritage…
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Advocates diametrically disagree on imprisonment’s role in response to fentanyl crisis
Fighting through tears, Jessica Chavez recounted before a panel of Colorado lawmakers how her daughter, Yesenia, fatally overdosed in July after taking a fentanyl pill she thought was Percocet. Before her death, Yesi, as her friends called her, had texted her family’s pastor, Chavez told lawmakers. The 21-year-old told him that she wanted “to do…