DENVER — Colorado voters will likely decide next year if the state should implement harsher penalties for selling and possessing illicit fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.

Initiative #85 , which is considered a citizen initiative, was spearheaded by Advance Colorado . The organization strives to "push back on the progressive policies" which they believe have set Colorado "on the wrong track."

In order to secure a spot on the ballot, a petition must receive 124,238 signatures from registered voters for this election cycle . According to Advance Colorado, they submitted roughly 200,000 signatures for Initiative #85 on Thursday morning.

"There is no amount of fentanyl distribution that should be tolerated. And so, there won't be. If you sell, if you possess with the intent to sell

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