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Sharing Our Appreciation for Consortium Work Group Leaders

By José Esquibel, Consortium Director The Colorado Consortium utilizes the principles of collective impact to implement a variety of strategies for mitigating and reversing the opioid crisis. This includes sharing […]

January 2021 legislative update

News and Updates

By Jamie Feld, External Relations Strategist Legislators are poised to tackle a number of important issues related to the opioid crisis and substance use prevention and treatment as they prepare […]

Partners, places needed for CDPHE sharps program

News and Updates

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is launching a new sharps/needle take-back program and is looking for partners to host collection kiosks. The program is modeled on the […]

Movement on opioid litigation settlements

News and Updates

by José Antonio Esquibel, Director, Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Published Nov. 20, 2019 There is good news. Settlement agreements were recently reached with several opioid distributors and […]

Consortium adds benzodiazepine work group

News and Updates Work Groups

The Consortium has added an 11th work group, which will focus on benzodiazepines. While this group is refining its mission statement, its goals are to use public awareness and provider […]

December 2020 provider education events

Provider Education

The Consortium’s Provider Education Work Group is pleased to announce three upcoming webinars in the month of December. Save the date for the following events: Community Partner Resource Sharing — […]

2020 legislative update

News and Updates

After a turbulent legislative session, with the legislature temporarily closed due to COVID-19 and the state facing a budget shortfall of $3.4 billion, many important wins are to be celebrated. […]

May 2020 legislative update

News and Updates

Colorado budget cuts likely to affect behavioral health According to the most recent revenue projections, Colorado faces an up to $3.4 billion budget shortfall for fiscal year 2020-21, and the […]

2020 lunch and learn series

News and Updates

Provider Ed Virtual Lunch and Learn Series Selected presentations have been recorded. Follow the link to watch the videos. Date Topic Speaker(s) Wed. May 6th Non-pharmacologic pain management Jonathan Clapp, […]

Understanding the Intersection of COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders in Colorado

News and Updates

As we know, substance use does not end in the midst of a crisis. If anything, the conditions are in place to amplify potential harm. From Denver residents lining up […]