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Austin Eubanks, Columbine school shooting survivor who became advocate for fighting addiction, found dead
Austin Eubanks was shot in the hand and knee in the Columbine attack that killed 12 classmates and a teacher
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Opinion: No, Jason Dunn, investigating opioid deaths as homicides won’t help end the crisis
By Amanda Bent Opinion
Q&A: Jason Dunn, Colorado’s new top federal prosecutor, on marijuana, battling the opioid epidemic and how to stop violent crime
By Jesse Paul Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s new U.S. attorney wants law enforcement to treat overdose deaths as homicides as he focuses on opioids
By Jesse Paul Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
No Colorado school districts meet federal safety standards for behavioral health staffing, investigation shows
By Christopher Osher Sun Investigation Primary category in which blog post is published
The opioid maker being sued by Colorado for fanning the overdose epidemic says everything it did was FDA-approved
Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, has asked a judge in Denver to dismiss the Colorado attorney general’s lawsuit against it
As the overdose epidemic in Colorado continues, hospitals are taking a new step to dramatically reduce opioid prescriptions
Opioids still account for 8 percent of all prescriptions in Colorado
Colorado’s new attorney general wants $4.2 million for organizational makeover as part of big shift from his GOP predecessor
Phil Weiser, a Democrat, also said he will remove Colorado from a lawsuit challenging the Obama-era Clean Power Plan
Colorado’s new attorney general plans legal action against Trump administration over health care, citizenship question
Phil Weiser says “there is going to be an ongoing opportunity for us to join a range of lawsuits that are protecting our Colorado way of life (and) our population and standing up for the rule of law.”
Leroy Garcia’s opening remarks are notable for what he didn’t mention. Here’s the Colorado Senate president’s speech, annotated.
Context for Leroy Garcia's opening day speech at the Colorado legislature, with annotations from The Colorado Sun highlighting what’s important and explaining what it all means
Denver moves forward with plan for supervised injection site for IV-drug users
City Council's ordinance is contingent on state legislation, and flouts federal law
Denver city councilman, state lawmaker revive plans for safe injection site, in spite of federal law
Drug overdoses kill more people than firearms in Denver and a Colorado state lawmaker calls opioid addiction the “greatest public health crisis of our time”
The inside story of how one opioid company spread millions of pain pills around Colorado, according to a newly unsealed court document
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office alleges that Purdue Pharma’s sales tactics helped drive the overdose epidemic in the state
