Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell and Delta County Sheriff Mark Taylor have had a constant battle fighting the opioid crisis in their counties since 2017, when it first started impacting western Colorado.
While fentanyl arrests may be down so far in Wyoming this year, seizures are skyrocketing in adjacent southern border states while a more deadly form of meth takes hold across the state.
The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing underestimated how sick its members would be. Medicaid covers about 1.26 million people in Colorado.
570,000 fentanyl pills seized by DEA from Colorado in 1 week Read More »
China is a driving force behind much of the illegal drug trade in the United States, including fentanyl and marijuana, according to law enforcement authorities.
China involvement in fentanyl crisis a ‘huge problem’, official says Read More »
The equivalent of a capacity school bus is killed each week by fentanyl, making the drug the leading cause of death for those ages 18 to 45 in America.
‘DEVASTATED’, the story of fentanyl in Colorado, will be shown Thursday in Fort Morgan Read More »
Law enforcement recovered 220,000 pills after a vehicle pursuit along Interstate 70, according to a press release from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.
A record 425.6 kilograms of fentanyl — enough to kill the state’s population between 16* and 26 times over, depending on the purity of the drugs — was seized in Colorado in 2023 by the Drug Enforcement Administration Rocky Mountain Field Division.
Study: Fentanyl-related deaths cost Colorado estimated $16 billion last year Read More »
Colorado money service businesses, such as check-cashing businesses and money forwarding services, filed a record number of reports last year of possible money laundering by people using their services, official data shows.
The illicit fentanyl coming from Mexican cartels is becoming more dangerous, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Fentanyl coming to U.S. becoming more deadly, DEA says Read More »
An effort to share personal stories of tragedy related to fentanyl use and seek solutions will hit theatres this coming week. The film “DEVASTATED: Colorado’s Fentanyl Disaster” will premiere in four select theatres from May 15-17.
‘Devastated’ details the deadly fentanyl epidemic and calls Coloradans to action Read More »
