Addiction Services

Kelly Vais is living a life that she did not dream of just three years ago. “I was a lost Kelly. I was addicted to drugs and for thirty years, that was my life,” Vais said. After struggling with addiction for decades, Vais met a recovery coach at Reliance Health in Norwich. Now, she has been clean for two years…

Last year more than 15 hundred people fatally overdosed in the state of CT, up again from the year before. New London county saw more than 400 overdoses just in 2021.

The state has temporarily reduced admissions to addiction treatment beds. The union says there are 150 beds and only 21 of them are full. The union representing healthcare workers says it’s a matter of life or death.  “There just has not been a real emergency and urgency to address this and as they take their time you have individuals in…

The union representing some state addiction treatment centers says the state must hire at least 300 workers to reopen the facilities by April.

The town of Trumbull is taking on opioid overdose prevention by offering a free class for residents, complete with a take-home naloxone -or Narcan- kit. It’s not difficult to actually use the naloxone in an emergency, but the challenge is breaking the stigma and getting people mentally prepared if they ever have to save someone who is overdosing. Leigh...

After being closed for one year, a Norwich methadone clinic is reopening. State and city leaders gathered at the Root Center for Advanced Recovery’s newly renovated Norwich location Monday morning. The location abruptly closed one year ago due to structural deficiencies, according to CEO Steven Zuckerman. “We knew it was going to be a pretty huge hindrance for our...

A center to help battle the opioid crisis in Norwich is reopening after it closed last year.

A report by a state non-profit said a number of unresolved issues remain at two state run psychiatric hospitals, one which has been the focus of a series of reports by NBC Connecticut Investigates.

In an effort to make a difference in the opioid crisis, state health officials came together in West Hartford Thursday to promote the Drug Take Back events going on this weekend across the state for National Drug Take Back Day.

National Drug Takeback Day is this Saturday. The Enfield Police Department and other locations across the state will be accepting medications and vaping devices that you no longer need.

A nonprofit’s proposal to open the nation’s first supervised injection site for opioid users in Philadelphia does not violate federal law, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Hartford police have become alarmed after a series of overdose deaths in the city in the past day.

A West Hartford man who receives rental assistance from the state was convicted Tuesday of one felony count of criminal property damage to a rental home.

Dashcam footage shows a child in a car seat fall out of a moving vehicle.

A West Hartford couple accused of trashing at least two homes in West Hartford while participating in a state program that paid their rent is facing additional criminal charges.

A state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services caseworker is accused of running a kickback scheme that stole over $35,000 from the agency’s substance abuse treatment program.

Pennsylvania convenience stores are installing blue lights to discourage opioid use in bathroom stalls.

A family receiving rental assistance from the State of Connecticut is accused of causing extensive damage to several of the homes they were placed in.

Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it. Bills introduced in at least 15 states would impose taxes or fees on prescription painkillers. Several of the measures have bipartisan support and would funnel millions of...

New Jersey is suing the company that manufactures OxyContin, claiming a “direct link” between the state’s opioid crisis and the firm’s deceptive marketing practices.