/tags/overdoses Overdoses en-US Copyright »ĘąÚÍřÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:27:17 GMT /news/2024-12-23/overdose-deaths-among-denvers-homeless-population-declined-for-the-first-time-in-six-years Overdose was still the leading cause of death this year among unhoused people in Denver metro area, but the number of overdose deaths decreased for the first time in six years, according to a new report. Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:27:17 GMT /news/2024-12-23/overdose-deaths-among-denvers-homeless-population-declined-for-the-first-time-in-six-years Jennifer Brown, The Colorado Sun /news/2024-09-09/raising-awareness-of-overdose-as-deaths-rise-in-colorado People gathered in Grand Junction on August 28, to remember the Coloradans lost to overdose in 2023. Although overdose deaths in 2023 have decreased nationwide, Colorado and Mesa County saw an increase. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-09/raising-awareness-of-overdose-as-deaths-rise-in-colorado Jace DiCola, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel /news/2024-03-09/how-a-friends-death-turned-colorado-teens-into-anti-overdose-activists High school students from Durango are pushing for a change they say is necessary to combat fentanyl poisoning: ensuring students can’t get in trouble for carrying the overdose reversal drug naloxone wherever they go, including at school. Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:41:00 GMT /news/2024-03-09/how-a-friends-death-turned-colorado-teens-into-anti-overdose-activists Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News /news/2023-10-08/more-schools-stock-overdose-reversal-meds-but-others-worry-about-stigma Colorado is among several states that ensure schools have access to the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone for free or at reduced cost. But most districts hadn’t signed up by the start of the school year for a state distribution program amid stigma around the lifesaving treatment. Sun, 08 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-10-08/more-schools-stock-overdose-reversal-meds-but-others-worry-about-stigma Rae Ellen Bichell and Virginia Garcia Pivik, KFF Health News /regional-news/2022-04-18/teen-overdose-rates-doubled-in-two-years-due-to-fentanyl New research in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that teens haven’t used more illegal drugs over the last decade. However, they are dying from drug overdoses at twice the rate. Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:51:05 GMT /regional-news/2022-04-18/teen-overdose-rates-doubled-in-two-years-due-to-fentanyl Madelyn Beck /health/2018-04-12/you-can-carry-the-opioid-overdose-antidote-in-colorado-no-prescription-necessary U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams recently issued a national advisory urging Americans to carry the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone. Since… Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:00:00 GMT /health/2018-04-12/you-can-carry-the-opioid-overdose-antidote-in-colorado-no-prescription-necessary Stephanie Daniel