opioid abuse

The state of Connecticut will get $64 million from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the opioid crisis. It's part of a $7.4 billion settlement announced by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Residents of many Connecticut towns and cities can expect to receive drug deactivation pouches in their mailboxes. It’s part of a statewide effort to help families safely dispose of unused medications.

Experts say the medications enable people to find new jobs, regain custody of children and more easily recover from opioid use disorders.

The project called ‘inMotion’ was created by Yale medical professor Dr. Sandra Springer to reach underserved communities in Connecticut.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering how to spend some of the state’s opioid settlement money. They are looking at funding supervised injection sites to help curb overdoses.

Data from the Connecticut Department of Public Health shows suspected overdose deaths have jumped from the same time last year.Connecticut has seen about…

More than 400 people overdosed on opioids, like heroin and painkillers, last year in Connecticut, but an addiction psychotherapist in Westport is hoping…

Connecticut’s Department of Health said they’re sending 700 new doses of naloxone, or Narcan, to New Haven on Friday. That’s because the city’s first…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a package of four bills designed to fight the heroin and opioid crisis in the state.During a press conference on…

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, both Democrats from Connecticut, met with public health officials and law enforcement in Stamford on…