Prescription drugs

Colorado dentists and other doctors seek opioid alternatives as crisis worsens

But with opioid abuse claiming lives in Colorado and across the country, oral surgeons and other health care providers are…

October 9, 2017

Local News

Event raises awareness for opioid addiction and overdose

‘All these kids are good kids when they start doing it’

September 23, 2017

Local News

As overdose deaths rise, Colorado plans addiction-prevention efforts

AmeriCorps members will help organize educational events

September 13, 2017

Local News

Substance abuse study committee meets for first time

from experts on the scope of the issue

July 10, 2017

Regional News

Under scrutiny, New Mexico opioid prescriptions taper off

law requires doctors to check database of prescriptions

June 23, 2017

Local News

Colorado attorney general joins bipartisan group investigating opioid crisis

manufacturers’ role in overdose deaths will be looked into

June 15, 2017

Local News

State lawmakers say marijuana is not responsible for opioid crisis

Lawmakers say connection is erroneous

February 24, 2017

Local News

Longtime Dolores doctor retires amid state inquiry

medical board raised concerns about prescriptions

January 5, 2017

Local News

Substance-abuse center slowly helps patients get clean

Patient of addiction-treatment center: ‘You earn your days’

December 21, 2016

Regional News

Lawyers: Searching Utah drug database should require warrant

Giving police unfettered access to the database, which contains information on every prescription for a controlled substance in the state,…

September 20, 2016

Local News

Opioid deaths on the rise

disposal sites for medications coming to every county

September 14, 2016

Local News

Drug and alcohol addiction treatment center approved on Goeglein

Residential center could serve 20 people

August 30, 2016

Nation & World

In D.C., looking to the dead to help the living

Medical examiner turns once-dysfunctional office into a well-oiled machine

July 10, 2016

Nation & World

Drug trafficking allegations against FedEx head to trial

Fedex has denied the charges and says it only shipped what it believed were legal drugs from licensed pharmacies. Opening…

June 12, 2016

Local News

Drug overdose deaths increase

Montezuma County sheriff reissues call for a detox center

March 9, 2016

Regional News

Overdose deaths break record in southern Colorado

In eight counties stretching from Baca west to Rio Grande, yearly overdose deaths have reached the highest level measured by…

February 9, 2016

Local News

At Wit’s End with addiction? Vallecito ranch can help

30-day inpatient equine therapy

January 20, 2016

Business

Drug-testing firm a beacon

Versatile professional firms are prized as Durango job-creators

July 28, 2015

Local News

Feds, Colo. discuss countering prescription-drug abuse

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, speaking at a news conference Thursday at Denver Health, was joined…

July 16, 2015

Local News

Drug incidents in Colorado schools are on the rise

state data doesn’t reflect legal pot factor

February 15, 2015

Local News

Heroin epidemic not skin deep

Southwest Colorado is not immune to national addictions

February 24, 2014

Local News

Shutdown delays drug-tracking bill

The act, sponsored by Bennet, would create a uniform barcode system nationwide to track each individual bottle of medication. “Right…

October 19, 2013