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March 10, 2021
With alcohol consumption, the focus tends to be how many drinks someone has and how quickly, but a new study…
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March 01, 2021
When people struggling with addictions have a medical issue that brings them into the hospital for treatment, withdrawal can pose…
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February 03, 2021
When Julio Santos woke up in the emergency room after an overdose, he saw John Potter, a clinical manager from…
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January 28, 2021
Since March 2020, 18 students in Nevada’s Clark County have died by suicide, prompting the school district to bring students…
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January 21, 2021
A recent federal government announcement loosening requirements for the prescription of medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) removes barriers…
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January 14, 2021
When you’re fighting an insistent urge to use alcohol or substances to dull reality, isolation only makes it more difficult….
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December 18, 2020
With Connecticut on track to exceed the number of overdose deaths in 2019, lawmakers and other state advocates at a…
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October 01, 2020
Women have been turning to alcohol for relief from the COVID-19 pandemic at alarming rates, with a 41 percent increase…
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September 02, 2020
While Connecticut’s opioid overdose statistics seemed somewhat hopeful in 2018, widespread introduction of fentanyl reversed the trend last year and…
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September 01, 2020
In 2018, 48,344 Americans died by suicide — more than the number of traffic fatalities and almost double the number…