Colorado voters will decide on harsher penalties for fentanyl on the 2026 ballot
- Posted on December 16, 2025
- By The Denver Post
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Colorado voters will decide on harsher penalties for fentanyl on the 2026 ballot

In 2024, 761 people died in Colorado from a fentanyl overdose. That represents a decrease from other recent years but is still far more fentanyl-related deaths than even five years prior.