Boulder councilmembers urge bolder opioid spending as overdoses rise

Boulder councilmembers urge bolder opioid spending as overdoses rise

Boulder City Council voted last week to send a letter to the Boulder County Regional Opioid Council urging a shift in how the county allocates its share of opioid settlement funds: away from a piecemeal approach and toward a few, large transformational projects. It comes as Boulder continues to see a troubling rise in overdoses. The letter argues that Boulder County’s past response to the opioid crisis has been incremental. The roughly $30 milli…