Both nationally and in Colorado, opioid use disorders have emerged as a significant public health concern. While prescription opioids can help people manage their pain, they also come with serious risks and potential complications. Prescription opioids should be prescribed and used carefully. These drugs are chemically similar to heroin and can increase the risk of addiction or overdose, even if taken as prescribed. This report summarizes fatal overdose trends, prescribing practices, and patient behaviors that may increase the risk of an overdose to better understand the scope of the opioid epidemic in Colorado., Online resource; title from PDF caption (viewed November 2020)
Cover title., "This publication was supported by: Cooperative Agreement Number U58/CCU819295 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.", "December 2004.", Includes bibliographical references., Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Wildfires in Colorado have been increasing in frequency and severity, often leading to longer watershed recovery periods and necessitating an "all hands on deck" approach to post-fire rehabilitation. Counties, tribes, municipalities, and water providers are typically the entities most directly and immediately impacted by wildfire and post-fire erosion and flooding, yet there is a gap in guidance in terms of navigating the complexities surrounding post-fire rehabilitation. This Post-Fire Playbook is designed to help fill that gap, by serving as an actionable worksheet that includes specific and critical steps to take and contacts to make before, during, and within the first 30 days of a fire to facilitate the process., Numerous organizations join together to produce this playbook: United States Forest Service; JW Associates; Colorado Springs Utilities; Denver Water; Coalition for the Upper South Platte; Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; SWCA; Colorado State Forest Service; City of Golden; City of Boulder; Coalitions & Collaboratives Inc., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed November 2020)
This profile summarizes controlled substance prescriptions that Colorado residents received from 2014-2016, prescribing practices and patient behaviors, population-level health care encounters and deaths related to opioid overdose among Colorado residents. This information is from several sources: The Colorado Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), emergency department visit and hospital discharge databases and death certificates., Online resource; title from PDF caption (viewed November 2020)
The Water Quality Control Division (WQCD) of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) adopted these MCLs as part of the Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulations (CPDWRs) WQCD launched the CO-RADS project to address issues associated with the removal of radionuclides from drinking water and offer compliance and technical assistance to the communities affected by these contaminants. The ultimate goal of this project is to resolve drinking water radionuclide violations., report prepared by Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., "March 2009.", Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed October 2016)
