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The availability of naloxone saves lives, experts and advocates say, and is integral to harm reduction efforts. But it shouldnt stop there.

KDNK's Hattison Rensberry interviews Dr. Robert Valuck, executive director of Colorado’s Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, and Colorado state expert on fentanyl about the Keep the Party Safe initiative.

U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo will introduce her first bill in Congress on Thursday -- a measure that aims to get ahead of the emerging and lethal threat posed by animal tranquilizer xylazine, a drug that health officials say is increasingly popping up on the streets.

KDNK's Hattison Rensberry interviews Dr. Robert Valuck, executive director of Colorado’s Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, and Colorado state expert on fentanyl about the Keep the Party Safe initiative.

U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo will introduce her first bill in Congress on Thursday -- a measure that aims to get ahead of the emerging and lethal threat posed by animal tranquilizer xylazine, a drug that health officials say is increasingly popping up on the streets.

"Keep the Party Safe" aims to spread awareness of the risk of death by fentanyl overdose.

Fentanyl contributed to or caused the deaths of more than 900 people in Colorado last year, and now experts are warning people about the danger fentanyl poses during the holidays.

The heavy reliance on benzodiazepines at Mind Springs Health has been alarmingly common in Colorado, with state reports identifying thousands of patients as at potential lethal risk because of unsafe prescribing practices, an investigation by The Gazette has found. Known as “benzos,” the anti-anxiety drugs include trade names like Klonopin, Valium, Xanax, Ativan and others, and they are soaring in popularity.

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The heavy reliance on benzodiazepines at Mind Springs Health has been alarmingly common in Colorado, with state reports identifying thousands of patients as at potential lethal risk because of unsafe prescribing practices, an investigation by The Gazette has found. Known as “benzos,” the anti-anxiety drugs include trade names like Klonopin, Valium, Xanax, Ativan and others, and they are soaring in popularity.