OPINION
As children, teenagers and young adults drop dead from fentanyl poisoning, the party controlling Colorado and the federal government treat it as a minor concern.
As Colorado rolled out the welcome mat for fentanyl dealers in 2019, the federal government continued allowing the substance to cross the southern border. The combination is disastrous.
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It would be great if Colorado could rehab its way out of the fentanyl crisis, which kills more people ages 18-45 than any other cause — guns, car crashes, heart disease, cancer, etc. We cannot…
Fundamentally flawed legislation that was supposed to tackle the state’s deadly fentanyl crisis is now making its way through the Colorado Senate — and Gov. Jared Polis and Attorney General Ph…
It’s now the state Senate’s turn to save lives in Colorado’s epic fight against deadly fentanyl.
The Colorado House’s vote on Friday to leave possession of the deadly opioid fentanyl a mere misdemeanor in our state was disgraceful.
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Outside money has shaken up the top three mayoral candidates as independent expenditures from local and national money machines flex their muscles.
Rise Above Colorado wants to know how the next mayor will tackle the fentanyl crisis.
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Members of Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee begin debate on the fentanyl bill Tuesday. One principle should guide them: the desire to save lives.
As you read this, your elected lawmakers at the State Capitol are negotiating how many Colorado lives are worth saving from the deadly scourge of fentanyl that has waylaid our state.
A deadly public health crisis fueled by bad legislation killed a 1-year-old girl, just moments after she ingested a tiny amount of fentanyl obtained by her parents.
It’s bad enough our legislature failed last week to come up with a meaningful response to Colorado’s deadly fentanyl epidemic. A bill unveiled by ruling Democrats on Thursday — after months of…
Ruling Democrats at the Capitol are about to debut a long-awaited bill addressing our state’s deadly fentanyl epidemic.
As the deadly scourge of fentanyl continues to claim lives across our state, ruling Democrats at the Capitol have a decision to make. And you’d think it would be an easy one.
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Left to their own accord, the Democratic lawmakers who run the two chambers will continue to split hairs in hopes of brokering a compromise with the holdouts in their ranks who insist on coddl…
Never mind the well-founded argument by law enforcement that many purportedly “victimless” addicts of fentanyl and other drugs have lengthy criminal records including for violent crimes. Just …
Tomorrow is too late to act on Colorado’s soaring fentanyl crisis. People are dying every day. Do something and do it now.
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