Denver nonprofit tasked with battling substance abuse billed taxpayers for … COCKTAILS!

Topline: The Caring for Denver Foundation, tasked with running substance abuse prevention programs, is seemingly drunk on its own spending. The nonprofit spent $28,200 on its own meals and alcoholic drinks in a “disregard for fiscal accountability,” according to a new report by City Auditor Tim O’Brien.

The city agency overseeing the nonprofit does not think that’s a problem. In its response to the audit, the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment wrote that city laws requiring...