DENVER — Advocates are pushing for increased penalties for fentanyl-related crimes as Advance Colorado prepares to turn in anti-fentanyl ballot measure, Initiative #85, Thursday morning.

Initiative #85 would be put on the ballot for next year’s election. Advance Colorado said it has gathered over 200,000 signatures for the measure.

A press conference is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday outside of the Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center to announce the measure, just a few days after the biggest fentanyl bust in Colorado, and one of the largest in the country.

District Attorney for the 23rd Judicial District George Brauchler supports the measure, saying it is a "citizen driven effort to toughen our laws when it comes to maybe the most dangerous poison I’ve seen in three decades, and that’s fe

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