Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post
Jason Davidson holds a collection of photos of his son Keith, 20, while he and his wife Trisha and daughter Shaelynn, 17, testify during a Colorado Senate committee hearing for the HB22-1326, the fentanyl accountability and prevention bill, at the State Capitol on April 26, 2022, in Denver, Colorado. The couple lost their son to a Fentanyl overdose only six months after he started using it for chronic pain. The new law created a criminal charge of fentanyl distribution resuilng in death, but prosecutors have only used that nine times since it took effect July 1. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) 
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Law enforcement officials say they are overloaded by the sheer number of fentanyl deaths and prosecutors note the cases are complex and often require many resources to prove who sold the exact drug that killed someone.
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