/tags/drug-use Drug Use en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:36:41 GMT /news/2024-12-09/boulder-police-investigating-possible-tainted-drug-overdoses-at-fraternity The Boulder Police Dept. is investigating after several college students were brought to the hospital after overdosing at a fraternity. Police believe they may have taken tainted drugs. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:36:41 GMT /news/2024-12-09/boulder-police-investigating-possible-tainted-drug-overdoses-at-fraternity Alex Murphy /news/2024-08-14/colorado-seeking-to-create-new-psychedelic-therapy-industry-and-creating-healing-centers-for-legal-consumption Colorado is in the process of creating a new psychedelic therapy industry. About two years ago, voters opted to decriminalize the personal use of the drug psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms. Now the state is working on licensing “healing centers” where people can legally consume psilocybin in a supervised setting. According to John Herrick of the Boulder Reporting Lab, Boulder officials are beginning to think about certain restrictions for these centers in the city. Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:49:56 GMT /news/2024-08-14/colorado-seeking-to-create-new-psychedelic-therapy-industry-and-creating-healing-centers-for-legal-consumption John Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab /podcast/inthenoco/2024-04-18/the-paradise-paradox-affecting-colorados-mountain-residents Colorado may rank at the top with regard to physical fitness. But when it comes to mental health, Coloradans are struggling. On today’s In The NoCo we discuss how a culture of drug and alcohol use in mountain resort communities can negatively affect the mental health of those who live and work there. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-04-18/the-paradise-paradox-affecting-colorados-mountain-residents In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole /news/2024-03-21/culture-high-vacation-atmosphere-fuels-elevated-substance-use-in-ski-towns-public-health-reports-show In Part 1 of The Longevity Project, Summit County's tourist-driven economy drives substance use rates above state and national averages, investigation reveals. Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:57:00 GMT /news/2024-03-21/culture-high-vacation-atmosphere-fuels-elevated-substance-use-in-ski-towns-public-health-reports-show Ryan Spencer, Summit Daily ���ڱ��� /news/2023-08-07/teens-with-addiction-are-often-left-to-detox-without-medication When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:00:00 GMT /news/2023-08-07/teens-with-addiction-are-often-left-to-detox-without-medication Markian Hawryluk /news/2023-06-21/from-veterans-to-mushroom-growers-denver-psychedelics-conference-attracts-thousands As communities move to decriminalize psychedelics, Denver is hosting a massive conference for those who want to learn more. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:16:37 GMT /news/2023-06-21/from-veterans-to-mushroom-growers-denver-psychedelics-conference-attracts-thousands Leigh Paterson /news/2023-06-14/with-new-lsd-study-researchers-in-fort-collins-see-a-future-for-psychedelic-therapy Research participants in Fort Collins are taking LSD as part of a study on how the psychedelic drug could impact anxiety. The experiment is part of a much larger push to understand how different psychedelics could be used to treat mental health conditions. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:18:00 GMT /news/2023-06-14/with-new-lsd-study-researchers-in-fort-collins-see-a-future-for-psychedelic-therapy Leigh Paterson /politics/2023-04-27/colorado-dems-kill-safe-injection-site-bill-for-drug-users A Colorado bill to allow so-called safe-injection sites — where people can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff who can reverse an overdose — was killed in committee Wednesday evening by Democrats. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:49:23 GMT /politics/2023-04-27/colorado-dems-kill-safe-injection-site-bill-for-drug-users Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2023-01-12/boulder-is-buying-a-home-for-people-to-live-in-and-recover-from-methamphetamine-addiction The recovery home will be an incremental step toward addressing methamphetamine addiction in Boulder County. In 2020, the county estimated 535 people who passed through the Boulder County Jail were addicted to methamphetamine, according to its grant proposal. (There are currently 412 people incarcerated or detained in the jail, according to state data.) Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:49:19 GMT /news/2023-01-12/boulder-is-buying-a-home-for-people-to-live-in-and-recover-from-methamphetamine-addiction John Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab /news/2022-12-29/early-testing-at-boulders-main-library-shows-extent-of-meth-contamination Early testing at Boulder main library shows extent of meth contamination Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:00:40 GMT /news/2022-12-29/early-testing-at-boulders-main-library-shows-extent-of-meth-contamination Beau Baker