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Harm Reduction Action Center urges Denver to expand evidence-based overdose response as deaths rise
Summary
Lisa Rayville, executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center, told the City Council that overdose deaths in Denver are rising and urged the city to fund and use every evidence-based tool to reduce public overdoses and fatalities.
During public comment at the Aug. 25 Denver City Council meeting, Lisa Rayville, executive director of the Harm Reduction Action Center, described an escalating overdose crisis in Denver and urged elected officials to adopt evidence-based responses instead of criminalization.
“351 folks have died already this year in Denver,” Rayville said, adding year-to-year counts she cited: “483 last year, 598 the year before that.” Rayville said overdose has been the leading cause of death among people…
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