Colorado’s Heroin Crisis
Heroin abuse has reached crisis levels in Colorado. The drug killed 160 Coloradans in 2015. Heroin deaths and hospitalizations in the state went up almost every year between 2007 and […]
Heroin abuse has reached crisis levels in Colorado. The drug killed 160 Coloradans in 2015. Heroin deaths and hospitalizations in the state went up almost every year between 2007 and […]
In 2012, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64, making it legal to grow, consume and sell cannabis. Colorado was one of the first states to legalize cannabis. The drug had been […]
Police departments and media outlets across the country have reported that some heroin users are pushing their limits because they think naloxone will save their lives if they overdose. Some […]
A unique form of fentanyl called furanyl fentanyl has resurfaced in New York City. Throughout 2016, rogue Chinese labs produced fentanyl derivatives, such as furanyl fentanyl, to evade legal regulations. […]
Methamphetamine abuse became a public health crisis in the late 1990s when suppliers began to manufacture the drug at a large scale in the United States. Meth labs began to […]
Young people are the main victims of substance abuse in the state of Washington. According to federal statistics, those aged 30 and under accounted for about 49 percent of all […]