Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study

Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study

Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl had zero impact on overdose deaths in Colorado and accomplished nothing good. That’s the result of a study commissioned by the state itself to research outcomes of a law that refelonized fentanyl possession charges. In 2022, Colorado lawmakers took a step that they claimed would help reduce overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl. The legislature and Governor Jared Polis (D) signed off…