A citizen-initiated measure would finally require mandatory jail time for fentanyl dealers and court-ordered treatment for low-level users. It only wins with your support.
Colorado's current laws are much too soft on fentanyl dealers. Under existing law, someone can possess up to a gram of fentanyl — enough for 500 lethal doses — and face only a misdemeanor. Mandatory jail time is rarely imposed, and there's no requirement for treatment for people struggling with addiction. Dealers carrying enough fentanyl to kill hundreds are getting punishments that don't come close to matching the crime.
Dealing is charged as a misdemeanor and mandatory jail time is rarely imposed. Too many dealers walk free.
Dealers who sell fentanyl face mandatory jail time. Low-level users are routed into court-mandated treatment instead of falling through the cracks.
Anyone convicted of selling fentanyl faces real, mandatory jail time — not a misdemeanor slap on the wrist.
People struggling with addiction are directed into treatment through the courts, instead of being left without any path to recovery.
Tougher penalties for dealers. A mandated off-ramp for users. The measure is built to get fentanyl off Colorado's streets while still offering help to those who need it most.
“Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning criminal penalties for fentanyl and certain synthetic opioids, and, in connection therewith, increasing the felony classifications of drug-related crimes for distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, sale, or possession of fentanyl and certain synthetic opioids; creating mandated treatment for certain drug felony violations based on possession amount; and changing sentencing provisions to narrow or eliminate exemptions for crimes related to fentanyl and certain synthetic opioids and drug-related deaths?”
It takes signatures, ballots, and enough voter outreach to counter every dollar spent defending the status quo. Contributions go towards putting Proposition 132 in front of Colorado voters and making the case for mandatory accountability and real treatment — before another family loses someone to a few grains of a drug that shouldn't be on our streets in the first place.
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