By now you’ve probably heard about the passage of Proposition 122 in Colorado. Also called the Natural Medicine Health Act, the initiative passed by 53% of the vote last November and decriminalized certain psychedelic plants and fungi. In addition to […]
A lack of snow across the front range has meant the driest fall on record for Denver. This week, officials announced a fire ban in Boulder and similar restrictions have popped up across the front range. KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon spoke […]
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that around 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the US from March of 2020 to March of 2021. That’s the largest number of fatal drug overdoses ever recorded in […]
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Saturday, April 30th is National Drug Take Back Day and around the country and all over the Front Range there will be events set up for you to safely discard your unused or unwanted medication. KGNU spoke with CU pharmacy […]
“Addiction does not discriminate but treatment works and recovery is possible.” Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US, with 47,055 lethal drug overdoses in 2014. Many experts say that opioid addiction is driving this epidemic, […]
