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After teen fentanyl overdoses, moms and community groups step up to hand out testing strips, lifesaving nasal spray

Kate Lacroix was screaming at the top of her lungs on social media. Boulder teens were dying of fentanyl, swallowing pills that looked like real pharmaceuticals but instead were counterfeits laced with lethal doses of the synthetic opioid.  “URGENT COMMUNITY WARNING,” she said in one February Facebook post, begging others to help spread the word. […]

Posted inColoradans, Health, News, Politics and Government

Colorado hospitals are giving patients take-home doses of the overdose antidote to fight the opioid crisis

When doctors write a prescription for the life-saving antidote to an opioid overdose, patients only bother to fill them about 5% of the time.  But what if hospital physicians simply handed a vial of naloxone to the patients they worry are most likely to die, particularly those who were just rushed to the emergency room […]

Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns

Opinion: A bill in the Colorado legislature might have saved my son

My son’s story may resonate with many others who have gone through the same experience. It started with a broken ankle.  He was given opiates for pain alleviation and quickly became addicted to the doctor-prescribed medication. Not long after that, his girlfriend ended up finding him between the couch and the coffee table, unconscious.  My […]

Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government

We’re dealing with a pandemic, but remember the opioid crisis? Coronavirus is likely to make it worse.

The coronavirus pandemic overshadowed a long list of other problems that suddenly seemed less urgent in the wake of a deadly virus and its economic destruction.  Included at the top of that list: the opioid epidemic. That crisis is still raging in Colorado and predicted to get even worse thanks to the stress, isolation and […]

Posted inColoradans, Crime and Courts, Health, News

Denver city councilman, state lawmaker revive plans for safe injection site, in spite of federal law

Tony Fairchild died leaning against a tree along the Cherry Creek Trail, overlooking the water as autumn leaves fell. It could have happened anywhere — a restaurant bathroom or a shadowy alley. Not long before, Tony had overdosed in the restroom of a Sonic Drive-In, and police had to break down the door to get […]