The Colorado General Assembly is past the midway point of its 2021 session, and lawmakers continue to work on a number of bills related to addressing the opioid crisis and […]
On April 1st, the White House Office of National Drug Control and Policy announced seven priorities of the Biden-Harris administration for addressing the nation’s overdose and addiction crisis. The Administration’s […]
By José Esquibel Currently, four bills have been introduced in the current legislative session related to opioids and other substance use disorders. Here are brief summaries of the bills. This is […]
As schools across Colorado look to navigate the current opioid crisis and prevalence of fentanyl, the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention (Colorado Consortium), in collaboration with the Colorado […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]