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Is Colorado’s medical aid in dying law too hard to use?

31m · Purplish · 08 Mar 12:00

Each year, hundreds of Coloradans with terminal illnesses use medication to aid their deaths. But guardrails put in to prevent abuse can turn into major roadblocks for patients. Now lawmakers are considering some changes to the policy.

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