To guide the state’s vision and priorities for substance use prevention, Connecticut’s DMHAS funds a variety of organizational structures...
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CT: Amid Opioid Overdose Crisis, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine Advises State on Drug Company Settlement Spending
/ Connecticut, USAThe majority of the estimated $206 billion resulting from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement have not gone to address...
Impaired driving is deadly and illegal. For cannabis lovers, 4/20 is the equivalent of Christmas, but the Connecticut Department...
CT lawmakers aim to lower prescription drug costs, but some say bill may make it cost more
/ Connecticut, USAQuestions and opposition have emerged against a state bill that would reduce the cost of certain prescription drugs. While...
CT: Updated Overdose Data to Action report details current substance use prevention needs in New Haven, Hamden, North Haven, Woodbridge, and Bethany
/ Connecticut, USAFentanyl continues to be the top substance found in overdose deaths in the five-town area covering New Haven, Hamden,...
Officials from Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families say that while the fentanyl-related death of a 10-month-old baby in...
CT ranks 5th in the nation for impaired driving deaths. Commercialized cannabis could make it worse
/ Connecticut, USAConnecticut has consistently ranked in the top three-to-five states with the highest number of impaired driving fatalities each year....
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