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A Middletown nonprofit is getting $243,000 in federal funding for its mental health and substance abuse programs, including renovations to a treatment center for women and children.
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State officials said Wednesday that $13.5 million will soon come to Connecticut cities and towns to help fund opioid remediation efforts.
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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.
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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy from Connecticut recently returned from a visit to Colombia and Mexico, where he discussed the "vicious cycle" of drug and weapons trafficking across the U.S.–Mexico border.
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Last year, drug overdoses led to the deaths of more than 100,000 people in the U.S. Aug. 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, which Fairfield will observe once again to raise awareness of the public health crisis.
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Addiction experts are calling on lawmakers to advocate for more federal funding and a change in strategy to fight the opioid epidemic.
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Connecticut is close to meeting its goal for distributing naloxone, the generic name for Narcan, an emergency drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.