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Colorado’s rate of drug overdose deaths nearly doubles in 4-year period, fueled by fentanyl and meth

At least 1,881 Coloradans were killed by drug overdoses in 2021, according to newly finalized data

Greg Pixley, a firefighter with Denver ...
Greg Pixley, a firefighter with the Denver Fire Department, center, comforts Mitchico “Missy” Duff, right center, during a National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day event at the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park in Civic Center on Aug. 21, 2022, in Denver. Duff lost her 23-year-old daughter Michiko Duff to fentanyl. Duff explained that her daughter thought she was doing cocaine.
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths in Colorado has nearly doubled in four years, from 16.5 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2018 to 31.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2021, according to recently finalized data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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