Families, lawmakers honor thousands of people who lost their lives to overdoses in CT

More than 1,400 people in Connecticut died from drug overdoses last year, and thousands of others have succumbed to addiction in previous years. Their memories are being honored on International Overdose Awareness Day. At Walnut Hill Park in New Britain, 1,464 white flags mark a life lost to an overdose in Connecticut last year. Susan Vidro knows how the families…