4 people fatally overdose on Denver streets in less than 25 hours
Denver is seeing an all-time high number of overdoses. Advocates say a lot of these outdoor deaths, and overdoses, come from within the homeless community.
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Denver is seeing an all-time high number of overdoses. Advocates say a lot of these outdoor deaths, and overdoses, come from within the homeless community.
The Harm Reduction Action Center leads a weekly cleanup around Capitol Hill and the Golden Triangle using homeless residents they've provided services to.
The first of three bills attempting to deal once again with fentanyl won approval from a House panel on Tuesday.
If passed, House Bill 1202 would give Colorado cities the right to open the centers, it wouldn't mandate them. The centers would not provide drugs, but would give users sterile needles and fentanyl test strips.
State lawmakers introduced HB23-1202, which would allow cities to open safe injection sites for drug users.