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The beer at the game, the wine after dinner, the trip to the distillery – it’s all adding up to a big problem in Colorado, which ranks sixth in the nation in alcohol-related deaths, which are up 50% from pre-pandemic levels. The reasons, and the costs, are the subject of the Denver Post series “Colorado’s Quiet Killer,” written by health reporter Meg Wingerter.