COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Colorado declined about 32% in 2024, according to CDC data. While this indicates a decrease, experts caution that numbers remain highly elevated compared to pre-Covid levels.
And one Colorado Springs father, who lost a son to fentanyl, now runs a non-profit and is partnering with a new device company that he thinks could have saved his teenager’s life.
“He’s my first thought when I go to bed and my first thought when I get up in the morning,” says George Gerchow…