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At Durango’s 9R School District, administrators have taken a careful and measured approach to the question of whether to allow students to carry Narcan on campus. One charter high school that operates outside the district has given students a little more leeway on the issue.
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Students launched a harm-reduction campaign in Durango to push for permission to carry Narcan on campus and expressed concern about the slow response of administrators. Superintendent Karen Cheser told us that allowing students to carry Narcan is a complex issue, but there has been progress.
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Less than a week after announcing that he will run again in 2024 in Colorado's third congressional district race, Adam Frisch, a Democrat from Aspen, has raised more than half a million dollars for his campaign. And lawmakers are considering two measures this week that would address the opioid crisis in Colorado.
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Overdoses and overdose deaths are on the rise in Southwest Colorado, including here in Montezuma County. Many of the overdoses are the result of the opioid fentanyl, which is often mixed with illicit street drugs.
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Since the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of people have died in the opioid epidemic. Now, communities from across the US are suing major opioid makers and…