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Last week’s winter storm brought snowpack levels up to 85% of the seasonal median in the Dolores River Basin and the storm this weekend could bring levels up to 100% of the median. And law enforcement has detected a “particularly deadly” batch of the synthetic opioid Fentanyl circulating in San Miguel county.

Oregon's bold move to decriminalize small amounts of all hard drugs and expand treatment is now meeting the reality of implementation as the treatment community is divided over the way forward.

The problem of substance abuse in Montezuma County came up repeatedly during Tuesday’s meeting of the new county commissioners.The brand-new Biden…

Officials in San Juan County, New Mexico, are mulling the idea of suing pharmaceutical companies over the cost of the opioid crisis. The Farmington Daily…

The Navajo Nation is suing various companies involved in the production and sale of opioid drugs.According to a release, the tribe filed the suit in U.S.…

Substance abuse is a growing problem among veterans in the U.S. And although illicit drug use is lower among U.S. military personnel than among civilians,…

Opioid overdose deaths, both accidental and suicides, account for 1.3 percent of all deaths in Colorado, but they are on the rise.The Denver Post reports…