Crime & Safety

Boulder Family Makes It Their Mission To Save Kids From Fentanyl

Data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows 40 people under the age of 18 died of overdoses last year.

Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have skyrocketed in the last four years.
Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have skyrocketed in the last four years. (CBS)

The fentanyl crisis in our state is dire. Opioids are proving too easy to get ahold of, especially for teens.

Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have skyrocketed in the last four years. Data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows 40 people under the age of 18 died of overdoses last year. Five of those deaths were kids younger than the age of 10.

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