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Recent Denver drug and alcohol crime news. Updated Mondays and Thursdays. The latest drug and alcohol crime news was published December 7, 2023.

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Drugs may be a factor in man's death in Denver police custody, commander says
Published December 7, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
4 people who died outside in Denver over weekend likely overdosed as city sees increase in fentanyl deaths
Published November 28, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
in Baker, City Park, CBD
Denver suspends license of East Colfax motel due to string of criminal activity
Published September 29, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
in East Colfax
Colorado and federal agencies warn public of new fentanyl threats
Published June 22, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
Drug dealers who sell lethal fentanyl doses rarely prosecuted under new Colorado law
Published May 1, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
Former Denver Health paramedic sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for tampering with fentanyl
Published April 20, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
Crime, cops and reform: Here's what Denverites say the next mayor needs to address about public safety
Published February 26, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime, homicide
Denver police launch fentanyl investigations unit; overdose deaths ticked down in 2022
Published February 2, 2023
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
Can Denver's mayor keep drug users out of jail? Here's his new plan to fix a decades-old problem
Published March 31
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
Denver first responders to get psychedelic crisis training
Published March 13
and filed under drug and alcohol crime
Colorado decriminalized 5 psychedelics, but what exactly does that mean?
Published February 5
and filed under drug and alcohol crime

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