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It might look like prescription medication, but just one counterfeit pill can be dangerous enough to kill you. A Simsbury mom is spreading that message to teens after losing her own son to a drug overdose. Lisa Gray, founder of A Promise To Jordan, wants to keep other families from experiencing a devastating loss like hers. “He was so smart,”…

Lisa Gray will be giving presentations on counterfeit pills at five high schools in the Farmington Valley.

A man who was under arrest was taken to the hospital after overdosing while in a detention facility in New Haven over the weekend. Officers in the detention facility were alerted to a prisoner having a medical emergency around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. An ambulance was immediately called and the man was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital where he…

New Haven health officials said the city is currently experiencing a spike in suspected overdose incidents. In the past 24 hours, there have been 11 overdoses with one death, officials said. The spike in overdose incidents is considered a Level III spike, according to health officials. The following are signs of an overdose: unresponsive; pale, blue/grey skin, lips or fingertips;…

Learning the ins and outs about Narcan is the focal point for Waterbury Public School administrators who participated in a training session on Thursday. One of the factors working in the district’s favor is the school system’s had Narcan inside their schools since 2019 thanks to a partnership with the city’s health department, which also trains and provides school...

Waterbury began training some school staff Thursday to administer naloxone to someone suffering an opioid overdose.

As Hartford police continue to investigate how three 7th grade boys got their hands on deadly fentanyl inside their school on January 13, the district announced new efforts to ensure it never happens again.

A Hartford school opened Wednesday for the first time since a 13-year-old student overdosed on fentanyl last week.

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...

The Hartford Public Schools superintendent has released a statement after a student died days after a fentanyl-related overdose at school. On Saturday, the 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose died, according to police. Police said the teen suffered an overdose at the school Thursday and succumbed…

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.

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford will be closed Friday after a 13-year-old student suffered an overdose and is in grave condition at the hospital, according to officials.

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford is closed Friday after a 13-year-old student suffered an overdose and is in grave condition at the hospital, according to Mayor Luke Bronin. Police believe the student overdosed on fentanyl. The student remains hospitalized Friday, school officials said. School will be closed and all classes will be canceled Friday. A remote learning…

A student is hospitalized in grave condition after he ingested fentanyl in school, according to Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. Two other students were also hospitalized..

Those who live at Caroline’s Residential Care in East Haven are fairly independent, so there were only two staff members at the assisted living facility to prepare meals Wednesday afternoon. But they were in need of help themselves after being found in the middle of an overdose.