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Nicolais: Some sun in the dark clouds of the opioid epidemic

By Mario Nicolais Opinion

Why it might not matter if Colorado’s attorney general doesn’t think the national opioid settlement is sufficient

By Jesse Paul Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

With objections from Canada and drug companies, Colorado’s plan to import prescription medicines could be in trouble

By John Ingold Health Primary category in which blog post is published

Carman: The addicts in our families deserve justice for the corporate kingpins

By Diane Carman Opinion

On the heels of Colorado effort, Trump administration to set up plan allowing prescription drugs from Canada

By The Associated Press Health Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado expands lawsuit against opioid-maker Purdue Pharma to include its owners, the Sackler family

By Jesse Paul Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
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Colorado records modest decline in drug overdose deaths — the first decline since 2012

The state recorded 349 deaths from prescription painkillers, dropping by 24 from the previous year

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Denver authorities might be instructed to look the other way on magic mushrooms, but they remain illegal

The mushroom remains a federal Schedule 1 controlled substance, prohibited under state and federal law

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President Trump signals support for Colorado plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada

Donald Trump made the comments during a phone call this week with Gov. Jared Polis

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Colorado wants to import prescription drugs from Canada. How it could work, and why it may not.

Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic lawmakers made drug imports a priority, but it will cost $2.8 million just to explore the idea

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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

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Colorado lawmakers are weighing whether to allow cheaper prescription drugs to be imported from Canada

Senate Bill 5 is central to Democratic Gov. Jared Polis' campaign to rein in health care costs for Coloradans

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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

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Colorado doctor on influential state Medicaid board resigns after Sun report on pharma money

In his email to state officials resigning from the Colorado Drug Utilization Review Board, dated Aug. 16, Dr. Alex Reish wrote that he had done nothing wrong

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After Sun report on pharma money and a Colorado Medicaid board, senior state attorney tells board members to be more transparent

The talk comes after it was revealed that one board member, Dr. Alex Reish, received thousands of dollars in benefits from pharmaceutical companies without disclosing them.