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New London struggles to keep up with the demand for city services as opioid addictions and overdoses continue. As a result, officials said, the $167,158.60 the city will receive from opioid settlement over the next decade will not go as far as needed.

Connecticut has received an initial installment of $11 million from a $26 billion multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. The four drug companies were sued for their roles in the opioid crisis. Over the next 18 years, Connecticut will receive $300 million as part of the settlement reached in February. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the first payment in Waterbury on Monday. He was joined by state officials and also parents who lost children to the opioid crisis.

Xylazine is not approved for humans. But it's being found in a quarter of drug samples tested statewide in Massachusetts. The sedative is linked to severe wounds, extreme anxiety in withdrawal, more overdoses and possibly more deaths.

R.I. governor signed bill Wednesday making it the 19th state to legalize the drug.

The mayor’s office says an investigation after a firefighter's death “brought to light illegal substance abuse” within the New Britain Fire department.

This hour, Governor Ned Lamont has signed a bill allowing recreational use of cannabis.We speak with Connecticut State Representative Robyn Porter about…

The marijuana law signed Tuesday by Gov. Ned Lamont makes the adult use and possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana legal in Connecticut on…

The Senate voted 16-11 Thursday for final passage of a bill legalizing the production, sale and possession of recreational cannabis in Connecticut,…

The House of Representatives voted 76-62 Wednesday for legislation that would create a legal market for recreational marijuana in Connecticut, overcoming…