Midwestern Connecticut Council of Alcoholism (MCCA) is gearing up to launch a new program on July 1st that will offer Vivitrol, an opioid addiction treatment […]
Murphy and Himes are working in Congress to pass emergency federal funding to support our communities combating the epidemic. Deaths caused by drug overdoses have […]
Murphy, Cassidy Host Senate Mental Health Summit. Mental health experts, providers and advocates will discuss urgent need for comprehensive reform. Report by Paula Antolini […]
Bill Prohibits Initial Prescriptions of Opioid Drugs for Longer than Seven Days, Also Expands Access to the Life-Saving Overdose Reversal Drug Naloxone. Report by […]
Last night the House of Representatives approved a bill with the support of State Rep. Dan Carter (R-2) that would expand wage replacement benefits to […]
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, has been linked to multiple overdoses and deaths throughout the Sacramento region since March 23, 2016. The overdoses are occurring […]
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that seventeen people have been appointed to serve on a taskforce he created in February that will be responsible […]
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is April 30, 2016, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. It aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means […]
The Bethel, Redding and Ridgefield Community Emergency Response Volunteers (CERV) invite Bethel, Redding & Ridgefield Residents, CERT, Local Agencies & Others to participate in the […]
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) will visit NeighborWorks New Horizons (NWNH) – a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods and providing safe, affordable homes to Connecticut […]
On Monday, as Connecticut continues to be ravaged by the growing opioid and heroin addiction epidemic, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) will spend a “Day […]
In a letter to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL), Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), and 99 […]
The bill, along with the TREAT Act that Murphy co-sponsored to expand medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction (like buprenorphine or Suboxone), made major progress this week after the U.S. Senate […]
As part of the U.S. government’s urgent response to the epidemic of overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today is issuing […]
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Public and non-profit private schools have distinct regulatory requirements to protect school children and school employees from asbestos […]
The growing heroin crisis is at the forefront. The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, DMHAS, now has a 24-Hour HOTLINE: 1-800-563-4086, that […]
Today, as the opioid crisis in Connecticut continues to grow, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and […]
Boucher: “There is bipartisan outrage at the Capitol. The Governor has broken a promise. After taxing our hospitals to the point that layoffs have already […]
As Connecticut and the nation continue to be ravaged by the growing opioid and heroin addiction epidemic, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today urged the […]