Colorado experienced an almost 70 percent increase in fatal fentanyl overdoses from 2020 to 2021, earning it the unenviable distinction of being in the top five states for fentanyl overdose deaths. It’s also currently the number one state for car thefts, and was number one for bank robberies in 2021—a crime driven by desperation and addiction, Colorado’s FBI points out.
Despite the statistics on significantly increasing crime, Colorado Democratic Senator, and candidate for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, Brittany Pettersen, championed a Colorado bill that reduced the penalty for fentanyl possession, Erik Aadland, Pettersen’s Republican opponent for CD7, told The Epoch Times in an interview….