Colorado is the nation’s cocaine use capital
Posted By: NorthernDog, 8/17/2022 4:31:22 PM
DENVER — Colorado’s fentanyl issues may have something to do with drug demand. The United States saw a 15% increase in drug overdose deaths, according to the most recent provisional figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2021, there were 107,622 overdose deaths, up from 93,655 in the previous year. Colorado State Patrol has seized records amounts of drugs this year and in 2021. At least one statistic points to higher-than-average drug use in the Centennial State. Colorado is the most cocaine-using state in the union, according to survey data from the Substance Abuse and Mental
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Colorado is the nation’s cocaine use capital
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for Wednesday, asks for electricity conservation 15 replies
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Chargers, Challengers in Favor of Electric Cars 38 replies
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Via Truth Social.
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FBI, likens it to Dems’ calls to defund police 31 replies
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Lee Brown 31 replies
run after losing Wyoming GOP primary By
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