Tag: Opioid
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Colorado to get $75 million from opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma
A $7.4 billion settlement reached with the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family — its owners — is now legally effective a decade after attorneys general from multiple states launched an investigation and seven years after Colorado filed a lawsuit against them. The company produced OxyContin. “This settlement ends their involvement with Purdue…
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Arapahoe County adopts new approach to opioid abatement funding, invests $4M in service building
Arapahoe County officials are investing more than $4 million in opioid harm reduction programs, with the latest phase of funding taking a new approach, according to a news release. Normally, county officials seek out fully built programs to fund through a request for proposals. But this time, they’re looking for partners to help design and…
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Multiple Jeffco initiatives receive more than $2 million in opioid settlement funding
Ten recipients will split $11.2 million in opioid settlement money to help programs aimed at those struggling with substance abuse. The Gateway to the Rockies Opioid Council (GROC) announced its 10 recipients for the settlement disbursement on Tuesday, including multiple programs throughout Jefferson County. The grant cycle is the second for GROC — a regional…
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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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Colorado, other states, reach $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis
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The Colorado Attorney General’s Office, along with 14 other states, helped secure a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over its role in fueling the ongoing opioid crisis. The resolution comes on the heels of a previous settlement that was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2024. The new agreement…
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More potent than fentanyl, new deadly drug begins to wreak havoc in Colorado
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When a 20-year-old University of Colorado student was found dead in his apartment last July, the Boulder County Coroner’s office suspected he had overdosed. Investigators found an unknown powder near his body but the chemical was not detected when the student’s toxicology came back from a national drug lab. Deputy Coroner Jeff Martin was perplexed,…
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Colorado Attorney General awards $4 million to opioid crisis programs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One thousand, one-hundred and sixty. That’s how many people died of opioid overdoses in Colorado in 2022 — a nearly 54% uptick from the 620 deaths in 2019, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As part of the efforts to combat the…
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Kroger grocery chain to pay Colorado $70M for role in opioid crisis
Kroger Co. has agreed to pay Colorado $70 million as part of a settlement for its role in the opioid crisis, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Friday. In total, the grocery chain will pay $1.37 billion to participating states. “The number of overdose deaths from opioids is a clarion call for action,” Weiser said in…
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Walmart to pay $3.1 billion in opioid settlement led by Colorado, 15 other states
Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in a national settlement to resolve claims from over a dozen states’ attorneys general that the company contributed to the opioid addiction crisis. Colorado is set to receive more than $40 million of the settlement money, state Attorney General Phil Weiser announced on Tuesday. Weiser led the negotiations…
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Plagued by crime, metro Denver is among the worst in America: CSI report
A new report paints metro Denver as an urban region plagued by rising crime – with numbers that are among the worst in the country. Car theft in Denver is second highest in the nation, and three other Colorado cities rank in the Top 10, according to the Common Sense Institute, a free enterprise think tank. Indeed,…