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Naloxone, education and access turned the tide in Colorado’s opioid crisis, experts say

Written by The Sentinel | June 09, 2025

Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, which is part of CU Anschutz’s Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, said that one reason the fatal overdose rate has declined is that naloxone is readily available for anyone to have.