Tag: Synthetic Opioids
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
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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
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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…
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DEA’s Rocky Mountain region seized enough fentanyl in 2022 to kill almost every Colorado resident
The Rocky Mountain division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than 5.8 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl last year in Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming, the agency announced in a news release Monday. That included almost two million pills and more than 150 pounds of powder. The most recent U.S. Census data…
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Adams County judge dismisses murder charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning death
An Adams County judge dismissed first-degree murder charges against Brighton parents accused of causing the fentanyl poisoning death of their 2-year-old girl, according to an order filed this month. Chief Judge Don Quick of the 17th Judicial District ruled the evidence does not support allegations that Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 31, “knowingly caused the death” of…
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Man arrested with 90,000 fentanyl pills, Mesa County says
Authorities on Tuesday arrested a man with 90,000 fentanyl pills, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said. A deputy sheriff conducted a traffic stop on I-70 and discovered 16 packages, according to the sheriff’s office. The office said the packets contained roughly 90,000 blue fentanyl pills. The sheriff’s office arrested Adan Carillo-Murillo, 22.
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Weld County man dies of suspected fentanyl overdose; wife arrested
A woman was arrested late last month in Weld County after her husband fatally overdosed on suspected fentanyl and authorities found over 100 fentanyl pills in her home, according to the Greeley Police Department. Officers were sent to the residence in the 1500 block of 12th Avenue around 8 a.m. March 21 after Amy Conradson,…
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House judiciary panel tackles sweeping legislative response to fentanyl crisis
Editor’s note: The House Judiciary Committee this afternoon heard testimony on a sweeping legislation aimed at confronting Colorado’s fentanyl crisis. This story has been updated multiple times. Here’s the latest. Herod can’t attend fentanyl hearing as Joint Budget Committee meets at the same time Rep. Leslie Herod, who was temporarily appointed to the House…
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House Democrats say nuance on simple possession of fentanyl is lost in deadly overdose rhetoric
With a hearing on how to deal with the state’s fentanyl crisis just a few hours away, Democrats attempted Tuesday to counter some of the rhetoric around the issue of simple possession. Democrats also appear to be open to the discussion of lowering the fentanyl felony from 4 grams to 1 gram, but that comes…
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Advocates for stricter penalties for fentanyl press their case
A coalition of business leaders and law enforcement officials made the case Monday for making simple possession of fentanyl a felony, one day ahead of a House panel hearing a sweeping bill that seeks to confront Colorado’s opioid crisis. JJ Ament, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, thanked Speaker of the…
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Brighton toddler dies after ingesting fentanyl; parents charged
Prosecutors on Thursday charged a Brighton couple in connection with the death of their 1-year-old daughter, who died after ingesting fentanyl in January. Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 30, face charges of child abuse resulting in death and distribution of a controlled substance. Both charges are felony offenses, according to the district attorney’s office…