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Colorado’s overdose rates stabilized in 2022 but remain near record levels

Overdoses declined slightly statewide, but experts said the rates remain “unacceptably high”

Rica Rodriguez, right, holds the sign ...
Rica Rodriguez, right, holds a sign during an Overdose Awareness Day event at the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Fatal overdoses declined slightly in Colorado in 2022, newly finalized state data shows, after two years of surging deaths. But public health officials and addiction experts drew little comfort from last year's totals, which remain near record highs amid fentanyl's growing dominance of the illicit drug supply.
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