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Worst Year For Overdose Deaths Feared As Fentanyl, COVID-19 Afflict Colorado

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by Patch | August 13, 2020
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The opioid epidemic would have presented an unprecedented challenge even if COVID-19 had never hit Colorado. In 2019, the state logged its highest-recorded number of fatal drug overdoses after a slight decrease in 2018 left some people feeling cautiously hopeful.

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