DENVER — An alarming warning went out this week about a powerful synthetic opioid detected in Colorado.
The El Paso County Coroner’s office said it came across the first known instance of carfentanil used as a standalone drug in an individual who died of a drug overdose in Colorado Springs in August.
That person was found to have carfentanil and acetaminophen in a blood test. A spokesperson for the office said this is the first time carfentanil has been detected without fentanyl…