Correction: The column has been updated because “preliminary” data through October 2025 is available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though not conclusive. Mugsy Fay Seldeen is the executive director of High Rockies Harm Reduction, the Roaring Fork Valley’s original harm reduction nonprofit meant to provide people experiencing addiction with life-saving resources. For […]
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Reducing harm
You can’t get better if you’re not alive. This simple sentence can change a lot. It can change how people view the world and how they provide care to others. It can change the tools we’re willing to use. It’s the phrase I’ve seen spark light in people’s eyes, helping them see a different way […]
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Navigating the party amid fentanyl boom
Doctor Rob Valuck runs a drug abuse prevention center at the University of Colorado, “The Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention.” Most of the center’s work focuses on prescribed drugs, but not exclusively. “Virtually my entire career has been spent on, more or less, the opioid crisis and trying to formulate responses to it at […]