February 14, 2020 | WTNH - Report: Opioids lead to increase in accidental drug deaths in CT for 2019

December 24, 2019 | Citizen News - ODMAP provides another weapon in opioid fight

November 6, 2019 | Citizen News - Opioid crisis takes center stage at forum

September 13, 2019 | State of Connecticut - Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $4.7M Grant to Enhance Employment Services for Those Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic

March 13, 2019 | CT Post - Grant money allows all hospital ERs in CT to distribute Narcan to patients

February 8, 2019 | NY Times - Safe Injection Site for Opioid Users Faces Trump Administration Crackdown

February 8, 2019 | Channel NewsAsia - Opioid prescriptions for pets surge, mirroring human crisis

February 7, 2019 | Hartford Courant - Preventing underage vaping, opioid use part of Senate Democrats’ road map for a ‘Healthy Connecticut’

February 6, 2019 | NPR - Antidepressants Can Interfere With Pain Relief Of Common Opioids

January 24, 2019 | The Guardian - FDA's opioids adviser accuses agency of having 'direct' link to crisis

January 9, 2019 | AP - Judge dismisses opioid crisis lawsuits against drugmakers

December 21, 2018 | CT Post - Connecticut sues Stamford drug maker over opioids

December 18, 2018 | NY Times - Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain

December 12, 2018 | CNN - Fentanyl is the deadliest drug in America, CDC confirms

December 1, 2018 | The Guardian - Dark web dealers voluntarily ban deadly fentanyl

November 30, 2018 | The Guardian - Michael Bloomberg's charity donates $50m to fight opioid crisis

November 29, 2018 | The Guardian - Why are more Americans than ever dying from drug overdoses?

November 26, 2018 | NBC CT - Plan Offers Help for Opioid Addicts Instead of Incarceration

November 13, 2018 | Hartford Courant - A potent new pill will fuel opioid carnage, critics say

November 13, 2018 | WTNH - Blumenthal issues warning over deadly opioid

November 12, 2018 | The Day - AP: Connecticut spent more than half of federal opioid funding on treatment

October 25, 2018 | Time - Every U.S. Public Library and YMCA Will Soon Get Narcan for Free

October 24, 2018 | People - Jamie Lee Curtis Opens Up About Opioid Addiction She Hid for 10 Years: 'No One Knew'

September 30, 2018 | CT Mirror - Buried in opioid bill — protection for personal drug imports

September 21, 2018 | CT Mirror - CT docs say health information exchange would help fight opioid epidemic

August 9, 2018 | Newsweek - Pet Owners Are Abusing Their Animals to Get Opioids, Say Vets

July 26, 2018 | Mother Jones - Newly Released Prisoners Are 40 Times More Likely to Overdose Than the General Population

July 19, 2018 | FOX61 - Meriden cop hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl

July 18, 2018 | CT Mirror - More ER docs turning to non-opioids to fight overdose epidemic

July 18, 2018 | Partnership for Drug-Free Kids - Are There Any Alternatives When A Physician Offers My Child Opioids for Pain?

July 6, 2018 | NPR - With More Opioid Use, People Are More Likely To Get Caught Up In The Justice System

June 12, 2018 | CT Law Tribune - Danbury Law Firm Files Suit Against Opioid Makers on Behalf of Four Municipalities

May 17, 2018 | Mayo Clinic - Women’s Wellness: Opioid use during pregnancy

May 15, 2018 | NY Times - Children of the Opioid Epidemic

April 19, 2018 | CT Post - Totals don’t tell full story of drug overdoses

April 12, 2018 | Valley Independent Sentinel - Ansonia And Derby Hire Lawyers To Probe Impact Of Opioids

April 12, 2018 | Connecticut Magazine - Turning the Tide on Opioid Addiction

April 4, 2018 | Shelton Herald - Community group continues fight against opioids

February 13, 2018 | NPR - Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing

January 24, 2018 | FDA - Press Release: FDA, FTC warn companies for selling illegal, unapproved opioid cessation products using deceptive claims

January 22, 2018 | Citizen News - Beacon Falls emergency responder in right place at right time

January 22, 2018 | Rutland Herald - Study: Hub-and-spoke model effective against addiction

January 22, 2018 | STAT - Follow the evidence to treat opioid addiction

January 17, 2018 | Milford Mirror - Towns sue pharmaceutical companies over opioid abuse

January 17, 2018 | New Haven Independent - Overdoses Keep “Emergency 2” Racing

December 19, 2017 | Hartford Courant - Police are divided over naloxone, the anti-overdose drug

December 14, 2017 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Vaping popular among teens; opioid misuse at historic lows

December 4, 2017 | WTNH - New website helps addicts find beds available in detox programs

October 26, 2017 | NBC News - Trump to Declare Opioids ‘Public Health Emergency’

October 8, 2017 | CT Mirror - A ‘glimmer of hope’ seen on opioids

August 31, 2017 | Hartford Courant - Waterbury Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Seven Communities Expected To Join Suit

August 22, 2017 | NPR - Hospitals Could Do More For Survivors Of Opioid Overdoses, Study Suggests

August 16, 2017 | Hartford Courant - Teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline

August 15. 2017 | Hartford Courant - Pregnant women addicted to opioids face tough choices

August 7, 2017 | Route Fifty - America's Opioid Epidemic is Way Worse Than We Realized

July 31, 2017 | CNN - Opioid commission tells Trump to declare state of emergency

June 28, 2017 | Hartford Courant - Connecticut Ranks High In Opioid-Related Hospital Visits

June 27, 2017 | CNN - An EMT's view from the front lines of America's heroin crisis 

June 6, 2017 | Washington Post - ‘Don’t touch this stuff’: DEA warns officers that coming into contact with fentanyl could be deadly

May 21, 2017 | Forbes - Here Are The Next Steps To Tackling The Opioid Epidemic

May 11, 2017 | CNN - New hepatitis C infections triple due to opioid epidemic

April 26, 2017 | New Haven Register - Connecticut law enforcement officials: ‘Scourge’ of opioid overdoses must end

April 21, 2017 | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Trump Administration awards grants to states to combat opioid crisis

April 14, 2017 | NY Times - You Draw It: Just How Bad Is the Drug Overdose Epidemic?

April 14, 2017 | Harvard  - Kathryn Rough, SD ’17, uses deep quantitative analysis skills to examine drug-related health issues

April 10, 2017 | Washington Post - Colleges can get free doses of naloxone for students overdosing on heroin and other opioids

April 9, 2017 | The CT Mirror - CT ranks high in opioid-related hospital visits

April 7, 2017 | The Atlantic - Addicts Who Can't Get Opioids Are Overdosing on a Diarrhea Drug

March 4, 2017 | Shelton Patch - 16 Shelton and Derby Residents Died of Overdoses in 2016

March 2, 2017 | Patch - CT Heroin Epidemic: Interactive Map Of Deaths By Town

February 27, 2017 | Hartford Courant - Connecticut Accidental Drug Intoxication Deaths

January 26, 2017 | New Haven Register - Malloy unveils plans to further combat Connecticut’s opioid crisis

January 16, 2017 | WTNH - New, more powerful opioid hitting Connecticut streets

January 6, 2017 | Hartford Courant - CDC: Connecticut Second In Percent Increase Of Synthetic Opioid Deaths Rate

October 14, 2016 | NPR - Organ Donations Spike In The Wake Of The Opioid Epidemic

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