The city of Denver alone seems to be going through a major addiction epidemic. As someone who lives in Denver i'm a little surprised that this doesn't get much

The city of Denver alone seems to be going through a major addiction epidemic. As someone who lives in Denver i'm a little surprised that this doesn't get much national coverage, yet it comes up quite often in local publications. > Overdose deaths from just one kind of opioid painkiller outnumbered all homicides in Colorado in 2015, according to new data from the state’s Health Department. > In 2015, 259 people died from overdoses of what health officials call “natural” prescription opioids — drugs like hydrocodone and oxycodone. That compares with 205 people who died from homicide. [1] http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/03/colorado-opioid-heroin-deaths-outnumbered-homicides/ http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/03/colorado-opioid-heroin-... [2] http://kdvr.com/2016/11/09/drug-more-powerful-than-heroin-being-sold-legally-in-colorado/ http://kdvr.com/2016/11/09/drug-more-powerful-than-heroin-be... [3] http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2016/11/denver-becomes-heroin-capital-west/ http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2016/11/denver-becomes-heroin...