Tag: Substance Abuse
Colorado experts recommend opioid settlements mostly go towards treatment and recovery...
Colorado should spend most of whatever settlement money it receives from prescription drugmakers in the opioid crisis on treatment and recovery services, two dozen...
In Colorado’s battle against substance abuse, lawmakers and advocates target recovery...
Early on in his life, it was clear to Mike Mielke that the way he drank and did drugs differed from his peers.
“I would...
Colorado Drug Abuse Statistics Again Point To Funding
Earlier in the week, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released statistics showing that Colorado teens were No. 1 in...
Drug Treatment A Big Business In Colorado
The majority of Colorado drug treatment facilities are for-profit businesses, and according to available data from the federal government, the state ranks highest in...
Drug Use Rises for ‘Americanized’ Hispanics
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) may want to be a little more careful of what he wishes for. While the presidential-aspirant would prefer that U.S....
Dealing With Drugs, Part II
Faced with an overflowing prison population and an exploding corrections budget, Colorado legislators took an important step this session that could result in reform...
Dealing With Drugs, Part I
About 20 percent of Colorado's 22,000 inmates are incarcerated on drug charges. At a cost of $28,000 per inmate per year, the state spends...
Root Cause Of Crime I: Substance Abuse
About 47.2% of people newly sent to prison each year in Colorado have a severe or moderately severe substance abuse problem. Another 35.1% have...