RTD: Fentanyl Found In Union Station Bus Terminal Bathroom

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4)– Debra Johnson, the CEO and General Manager of RTD told board members Tuesday night that “trace amounts” of the powerful opioid fentanyl had been found in a Union Station bus terminal bathroom but that the amounts were not at a dangerous level. Still, Johnson said two bathrooms and five elevators in the facility were closed down for remediation and out of “an abundance of caution.”

The elevators have since reopened, RTD told CBS4 on Thursday, but Johnson said the bathrooms would remain closed until at least the end of the year so permanent doors can be put in place, in an apparent attempt to curb the rampant drug use taking place in the bus terminal bathrooms.

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