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Part of CT's opioid settlement money could go to addressing the crisis’ effect on incarcerated people, many of whom struggle with addiction.
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Most CT municipalities had yet to use any opioid settlement funds as of last fall. But some have pooled their money and created partnerships.
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In southeastern Connecticut, Naloxone continues to be distributed for free by local health districts and departments due to increased opioid overdoses in the region.
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Drug overdose deaths in New York surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report Tuesday from the state comptroller’s office.
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Bridgeport has received over $50,000 from the national Opioid Trust Settlement Fund as the result of an agreement between several states and four major opioid companies.
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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.
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A new state-commissioned report released today by a team of Yale public health experts says Connecticut needs to expand its treatment options to fight its…
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On Wednesday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced more than $10 million in state funding for six new recovery and outreach centers in New York, and Long Island…
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Dr. Dan Tobin of Yale-New Haven Hospital was just a resident -- kind of like an apprentice physician -- and it was around the year 2000 when he ran into a…
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The Connecticut medical examiner says the state saw a spike in overdose deaths from heroin and other opioids in the first three months of 2016, with 208…