overdose deaths

NBC Connecticut There have been 12 fatal drug overdoses in the city of New Haven in less than two weeks.

A man has been arrested and faces charges in connection to the 2019 overdose death of Khrista Bishop, police said. Officials said they’re arrested William Sonner, whose DNA was found on drugs used by Bishop. During their investigation, authorities determined there was evidence of fentanyl use found at the scene. In 2020, Sonner was arrested for possession with intent to…

NBC Connecticut Investigates asks if schools are prepared to handle an overdose.

When three students were exposed to fentanyl inside Hartford’s Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in January, the school did not have potentially life-saving medication on hand. One of the seventh graders died two days later. “The poor kid didn’t get a chance for Narcan because they didn’t even suspect it was opioids. We have to suspect all the time,”...

The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.

The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.

Stamford Police are investigating a string of overdose deaths that they say appears to be because of fentanyl-laced opiates. The police department is looking into the circumstances behind the overdose deaths of three city residents. Because of this, authorities are warning the public about fentanyl’s rapid and deadly effects. “Fentanyl is widely prevalent in the illicit drug supply chain,...

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford will reopen Wednesday for the first time since a student overdosed on fentanyl in the building last Thursday.

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford reopened Wednesday for the first time since a student overdosed on fentanyl in the building last Thursday. The school had been closed since that day to allow crews to clean the building, which was contaminated by fentanyl, school officials said. There was a two-hour delayed opening Wednesday for students to allow teachers…

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford will be closed again on Tuesday after testing didn’t meet the standard following the discovery of dozens of bags of powdered fentanyl in the school.

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford is closed again on Tuesday after testing didn’t meet the standard following the discovery of dozens of bags of powdered fentanyl in the school. A Hartford Public Schools spokesperson said that a sample taken at the school indicated that one room came back slightly over the detection limit. Now, the decontamination...

A 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose has now died, according to police.

A 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose has now died, according to police. Police said the teen suffered an overdose at the school Thursday and succumbed to his injures Saturday evening around 5:30 p.m. “Our city grieves for this child lost, for his loved ones, his…

Hartford police are investigating after 40 bags of powdered Fentanyl was found in a school.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that overdose prevention center (OPC) services, aimed at reducing overdose deaths — a public health issue that the country as a whole has been grappling with and seen a dramatic increase of during the pandemic — will open in New York City. OPCs, also referred to as supervised injection or supervised drug consumption sites,…

As the U.S. reaches a record-number of drug overdoses, an Ellington couple recalls their son’s struggle with opioids that led to his death.