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Legislative update — April 2023
By José Esquibel The General Assembly is back in session, and the Consortium is tracking 11 bills that affect opioids and substance use treatment and prevention. Follow the links to see the most recent versions of the bill and track their progress. Please also consult the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s bill tracking […]
Legislative update — March 2023
By José Esquibel The General Assembly is back in session, and the Consortium is tracking 11 bills that affect opioids and substance use treatment and prevention. Follow the links to see the most recent versions of the bill and track their progress. Please also consult the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s bill tracking […]
Legislative Update — February 2023
The General Assembly is back in session, and as always lawmakers are considering several bills about opioids and substance use treatment and prevention. Here are eight that the Consortium is following. Follow the links to see the most recent versions of the bill and track their progress. Please also consult the Colorado Department of Public […]
2023 Lunch and Learn Series
Registration is now open for the Consortium’s 2023 provider Lunch and Learn series. Click on the hyperlinked topics below to learn more and register for a session on the Colorado Medical Society’s registration page. Each talk has been approved for up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Additional details regarding credit can be found […]
2022 fentanyl bill details
HB22-1326: Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Act Section 1: Legislative declaration Section 2-6: Addresses the proposed criminal penalties for unlawful possession of synthetic opiates and for unlawful manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing of synthetic opiates. Specifically, making it a level 4 drug felony to posses: “Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that weighs more than one gram […]
Looking into the details of the new fentanyl laws
In the final hours of the 2022 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed HB22-1326, the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention, which was signed by Governor Polis. The bill received considerable news coverage about the change in law making it a Level 4 drug felony to possess 1-4 grams of fentanyl or any drug of that […]
Consortium helps CU Anschutz students save lives with naloxone
Students at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus spend years learning how to save lives. This week, they learned how to stop opioid overdose deaths by using naloxone. It might be their easiest lesson. The campus hosted two events on April 26 to distribute naloxone and share information with students. Staff from the Consortium handed out […]
Benzodiazepine-focused webinar series, sponsored by the Consortium’s Benzodiazepine Action Work Group scheduled for May.
Please join the Colorado Consortium’s Benzodiazepine Action Work Group for our free CME lunch and learn webinar series. Webinar topics include alternative treatments to BZDs, consequences of BZD prescribed use, BZD Induced Neurologic Dysfunction (BIND), and tapering/deprescribing. Prescribers who attend all 4 webinars will be eligible to be listed as a “Benzodiazepine Cooperative Prescriber” in […]
Legislature introduces major bill to prevent fentanyl overdoses, increase criminal penalties
A major bill intended to decrease the number of fentanyl overdose deaths and increase criminal penalties related to fentanyl has been introduced in the General Assembly. The Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Bill (HB 22-1326) has provisions to make naloxone more available, improve substance use and overdose prevention and education, expand harm reduction services, and to […]