Tag: opioid epidemic
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EDITORIAL: Let Colorado’s voters fight fentanyl if lawmakers won’t
A state-record-breaking Drug Enforcement Administration fentanyl seizure reported by the Gazette Monday illustrates why more action is needed — including a pending ballot measure — to fight the fatal and far-reaching opioid endemic. The flooding of fentanyl across Colorado remains so rampant, a Douglas County man happened across nearly 2 million fentanyl pills after purchasing…
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El Paso and Teller counties to see $66 million in grants to address opioid epidemic
El Paso and Teller counties are expected to receive $66 million through 2038 to address the opioid epidemic, a scourge that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives nationally. A regional council awarded the first round of that funding, about $3.8 million, in April. The council left about $1.1 million in reserve to fund additional…
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El Paso and Teller counties to see $66 million in grants to address opioid epidemic
El Paso and Teller counties are expected to receive $66 million through 2038 to address the opioid epidemic, a scourge that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives nationally. A regional council awarded the first round of that funding, about $3.8 million, in April. The council left about $1.1 million in reserve to fund additional…
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El Paso and Teller counties to see $66 million in grants to address opioid epidemic
El Paso and Teller counties are expected to receive $66 million through 2038 to address the opioid epidemic, a scourge that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives nationally. A regional council awarded the first round of that funding, about $3.8 million, in April. The council left about $1.1 million in reserve to fund additional…
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El Paso and Teller counties to see $66 million in grants to address opioid epidemic
El Paso and Teller counties are expected to receive $66 million through 2038 to address the opioid epidemic, a scourge that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives nationally. A regional council awarded the first round of that funding, about $3.8 million, in April. The council left about $1.1 million in reserve to fund additional…