April 2025

LAC’s opioid crisis could worsen as trafficking of opioid reportedly 100 times more potent than fentanyl increases

On Apr. 1, during the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners’s regular meeting at the courthouse, commissioner Felix Lopez shared information he gathered from a meeting he attended on Mar. 25 on the progress and next steps for assisting jails, where he learned of the increased presence of a deadly opioid.  

Read MoreLAC’s opioid crisis could worsen as trafficking of opioid reportedly 100 times more potent than fentanyl increases