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August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day: a day to remember those who who’ve lost their lives as a result of a drug overdose, reflect on efforts to address the issue, and advance policies to prevent more from dying in the future.
New data show that the number of people dying due to fentanyl and other prescription opioids is continuing to increase.
Medical Advances, Policy Changes Spur Increased Testing for Deadly Infectious Disease
Colorado Struggles to Address Mental Health and Substance Use: A Colorado Health Access Survey Issue Brief
Statewide Needs Assessment of Primary Prevention for Substance Abuse (SNAPS) Final Report
Colorado Reaches a Record High for Overdose Fatalities. Again.
More Coloradans have been dying of drug overdoses each year for nearly a decade. It’s a health crisis that’s been increasingly in the public eye, but the newest data are still startling: Some 912 people died of an overdose in 2016 – a state record. Preliminary data from 2017 suggest that more than 950 died of an overdose last year.
Three pillars of a policy response and where the Colorado legislature’s actions match up to the evidence
A Report for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Conducted by CHI