Tag: Narcan
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Colorado woman whose 4-year-old died of fentanyl ingestion sentenced to prison
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A Fountain woman who allowed her 4-year-old child to die of investing fentanyl was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to child abuse causing death, court records show. Emma Staton’s daughter Acelynn Staton-Contreras fatally overdosed on fentanyl kept in Staton’s bathroom in July 2022, prosecutors alleged throughout Staton’s case. According…
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5 fentanyl overdoses reported in Boulder within 36-hour period: Is a new pill to blame?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save __tnt.youtube.players.register(‘youtube-player-96f4cf88-da57-11ed-8bc8-4fdb5d8017f4’); Boulder police want to know who is distributing unusually strong or tainted fentanyl, which they believe may have led to a concentrated string of overdoses this week. Starting Tuesday, five people overdosed on fentanyl in a 36-hour period. Police wonder if the pills originated…
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With youth as audience, Denver mayoral candidates focus on fentanyl at 5280 High School forum
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recent mayoral debates have been combative, but the forum on Thursday, which focused on fentanyl, was much more collaborative. Candidates were asked questions by students at 5280 High School, which specializes in providing education for youth dealing with substance misuse and addiction. Their queries, which…
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Weld County deputy saves teenager from apparent overdose
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 19-year-old man suffering from an apparent drug overdoes on Saturday night was saved by a Weld County sheriff’s deputy. Law enforcement officials were dispatched to a home in the 10700 block of Weld County…