DEA’s fentanyl warning for Colorado

Denver is waking up this morning to a swath of bad news about fentanyl as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and Colorado law enforcement warn of increased fentanyl threats in Colorado. 

During her time in the state legislature, Yadira Caraveo introduced a law that lowered the penalty for fentanyl possession in Colorado, which had effects so deadly it had to be reversed. 

Caraveo’s law stated that 4 grams or less of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and other deadly substances would be a misdemeanor… even though just 2 milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill a person.

Fentanyl overdose deaths in Colorado have doubled in the two years following the passage of Caraveo’s law, and those numbers are rising. In 2022, the death toll exceeded 2021, with 920 Coloradoans tragically dying from fentanyl poisoning. 

“Extreme soft-on-crime Democrats like Yadira Caraveo have gone out of their way to make it easier for fentanyl to remain on the streets, causing this crisis. Caraveo’s decision to side with drug cartels over her own suffering constituents has deadly results.” — NRCC Spokeswoman Delanie Bomar