The drug overdose crisis in Denver just got worse — again. According to a gut-punch report by Marissa Ventrelli and Luige del Puerto in the Denver Gazette, overdose deaths and non-fatal incidents have jumped more than 20% in 2024. That’s not just a blip; that’s an avalanche. Despite nearly 600 deaths in 2023, Denver is now pacing to beat even that. March and May saw the highest monthly overdose deaths in six years. Fentanyl continues to be the prime killer, now being mixed with God-knows-what to produce new strains of street poison. Advocates and lawmakers are still in a tug-of-war over whether to coddle dealers or crack skulls.
The Bullet Point Brief
- The body count’s climbing: Non-fatal overdoses are up 22.7%, fatal ones 21.9%. That’s 1,906 near-deaths and 273 actual ones — and July ain’t even over.
- March and May = death traps: Those two months saw the highest overdose deaths in six years. If this were car crashes, the National Guard would be on I-25.
- Fentanyl’s the Grim Reaper: It’s cheap, potent, and now mixed with chemical garbage like xylazine and para-fluorofentanyl. Your local dealer’s a damn chemist now.
- Policy paralysis at the Capitol: Lawmakers refused to make small possession a felony. Apparently, fentanyl needs a marketing team — not more jail time.
- Advocates want safe injection sites: Because nothing says “progress” like taxpayer-funded drug dens while families bury their kids.
My Bottom Line
Come on!!! Is anyone in the least bit surprised? Denver wrapped itself in the warm, fuzzy blanket of “sanctuary status” while turning a blind eye to the chaos leaking through every seam. Colorado’s got a “permissive attitude,” alright — ‘shrooms for brunch and weed for dinner, and now apparently fentanyl for dessert.
While bodies pile up in stairwells and emergency rooms, the same lawmakers who decriminalized fentanyl two years ago are scratching their heads wondering why overdose deaths are skyrocketing. Gee, I don’t know — maybe cause and effect got too high to show up?
And don’t let the “experts” gaslight you with that smug line about “no correlation.” Bull. Shit. We have common sense. The people dying are someone’s children, someone’s coworkers, and yes — someone’s fellow Coloradans. The policy choices made under the gold dome have real-world consequences, and we’re living them. The Great Suburban Normie — the voter who’s just trying to raise a family and not trip over a corpse on their morning walk — has had enough.
