Voices for Awareness speaks on fentanyl in Colorado and the effects of HB 19 263.
March 17, 2022Fentanyl-related deaths continue across Colorado, mother shares daughter’s story
March 17, 2022DENVER (KDVR) — The Drug Enforcement Agency reports more people now die from drug overdoses than from guns with the most lethal threat coming from counterfeit drugs laced with fentanyl, a type of anesthesia drug.
Andrea Thomas tells FOX31 she lost her daughter Ashley after she took just half of a form of medication she had no idea was laced with fentanyl.
“Our lives have changed drastically it’s devastated us,” she said.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 31: Shaun Willis, with the Brooklyn Community Recovery Center, demonstrates how to use Narcan to revive a person in the case of a drug overdose on August 31, 2022 in New York City. Nearly one million people have died of drug overdose deaths in America in the past two decades, with an increasing majority of those deaths due to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. To mark International Overdose Awareness Day, the Brooklyn Community Recovery Center handed out packs of Narcan nasal spray before holding a brief vigil for lives lost due to drug overdoses. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
