Did you know in Colorado that 4 grams of almost any illicit drug is only punishable by a misdemeanor? Fentanyl included. 4 grams is not a personal use amount. It is a distribution amount. 4 grams of fentanyl powder has the potential to kill up to 2000 people. We need to address this in our state. You don’t have to be an addict to be poisoned by fentanyl. Hundreds of unsuspecting people die every day from fentanyl poisoning.
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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)