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“I don’t think she was a lost cause”: How one Colorado overdose victim fell through the cracks

More than 1,600 people died of overdoses in Colorado last year. This is Rachel Skanron’s story.

DENVER, CO - MARCH 7: Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | mwingerter@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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A photograph of Rachel Skanron shown outside of her former boyfriend James Lechmanski’s home in Garden City, New York, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Skanron died in Colorado last year of an overdose after years of trying to overcome addiction and mental health issues. (Photo by José A. Alvarado Jr./Special to The Denver Post)
A photograph of Rachel Skanron shown outside of her former boyfriend James Lechmanski’s home in Garden City, New York, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Skanron died in Colorado last year of an overdose after years of trying to overcome addiction and mental health issues. (Photo by José A. Alvarado Jr./Special to The Denver Post)
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The Denver Post is telling Rachel Skanron’s story after extensive interviews with her friends and parents, and a review of medical records shared by her father, to show how people battling addiction in Colorado can fall through the cracks of the systems meant to help them.
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