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A CHI report informed two KOAA stories on drug fatalities.
9News interviews Jaclyn Zubrzycki about CHI's recent report on drug overdose deaths. Watch the story here.
Westword reported on CHI's new publication about drug overdoses in Colorado, highlighting the Colorado counties that had the greatest number of drug fatalities and those that had the highest rates of deaths due to overdose.
In a front-page story, The Denver Post cites CHI's report on drug overdose deaths and quotes Jaclyn Zubrzycki, who wrote the report. Read the Post's coverage here.
The Durango Herald quotes Vice President Amy Downs in an article exploring why many La Plata County residents do not sign up for social services programs, even though they qualify. Read the story here.
Steamboat Today cites Colorado Health Institute's 2017 report "Colorado's Climate and Colorado's Health" in a piece about the connection between climate and health. Read the story here.
An Associated Press story on methadone clinics cites a CHI study on the lack of adequate treatment for people dependent on opioids. Read the story in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
The Denver Post reports on a blog by CHI's Karam Ahmad about the small number of calls to poison control centers from intentional eating of laundry pods. Read the story here.
Joe Hanel
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