Fatal drug overdoses surged 59% in Colorado last year as overall deaths rose during the pandemic

Professor Robert Valuck, executive director of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention recently spoke with the Denver Post about the rising drug overdoses in Colorado during the pandemic saying, “There is also concern that because there is a multiyear lag between when someone starts using a substance and when they might die from an overdose, that deaths will continue to increase in the coming years”.