Tag: Overdose Deaths
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Overdose deaths in Denver are climbing again, topping 2024 numbers
DENVER — The number of people overdosing and dying in Denver is up compared to last year. Now, advocates say something needs to change. After another year of hundreds of people dying of overdoses, those on the front lines are worn out. “It’s a lot. And you kind of get numb to it a little…
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181 homeless people dead from fatal overdoses — and the year is not over yet
466 people have died from overdoses in Denver so far this year
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After a year of declining fentanyl deaths, Denver sees alarming increase
After seeing a reprieve, of sorts, from fentanyl overdose last year with the number of deaths in Colorado reaching a plateau — a first in three years — the opioid appears to be making a deadly come back in 2023. Preliminary numbers in Denver show a roughly 16% increase in the number of fentanyl overdose…
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Denver’s fentanyl crisis is focus of next mayor’s race debate
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The mayoral forum on fentanyl is part of a larger campaign not only to keep Colorado policymakers’ focus on the deadly crisis but also to keep the discussion at the forefront in homes and at schools.
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Colorado lawmakers renew debate about sites allowing drug use under supervision
Colorado lawmakers have renewed deliberations on a proposal to allow sites for people to use drugs under supervision in order to — backers say — do it more safely and prevent overdoses. The legislature’s discussion largely mirrors the talking points of five years ago, when lawmakers last brought a bill to allow such a center…
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Colorado man gets record 20-year federal prison sentence for deadly fentanyl deal
It’s the longest sentence in Colorado history for a federal fentanyl case.
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3 people found dead in Cortez in suspected fentanyl overdose
Less than three weeks after five Coloradans died in what is believed to be the largest single fentanyl overdose in the country, three more people were found dead in a hotel room in Cortez after ingesting fentanyl. One of the victims, 44-year-old Shondella Silas, was buried Thursday. Shondella Silas left behind five children, according to…
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Denver officials, police stress dangers of fentanyl abuse
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Nearly one week after five people died of an apparent fentanyl overdoes in Adams County, the City of Denver stressed the dangers of fentanyl abuse. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times strong than morphine. Between May 2020 and April 2021, the number of…