Drug overdose rates — both fatal and non-fatal — increased by more than 20% in Denver through July of this year, the highest levels the city has seen since 2023, when nearly 600 people died from drug use.
It’s not immediately clear if this trend is occurring statewide or only hammering Colorado’s most populous city.
If the trend persists, Denver would be on track to surpass the number of non-fatal cases in 2023, when more than 3,000 overdoses were reported…