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Published June 27. 2021 2:40AM  Eliza Fawcett, Hartford Courant Even as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, continued disruptions to recovery programs and a deadly, fentanyl-laced drug supply continue to drive increasing opioid overdose deaths in Connecticut, medical experts and harm reduction advocates say. In 2020, opioid overdose deaths in Connecticut increased by 14.6% over the previous year — and have largely continued to rise in the first half of this year, according to data from the state Department of Public Health. “Is it going to get worse? Yes,” said Mark Jenkins, director of the...

Peter Canning's Killing Season depicts the grim realities facing drug abusers.

A new book out April 6 by a veteran Hartford paramedic paints dark and sorrowful scenes from Connecticut's worsening opioid epidemic.

A paramedic crafts a compassionate take on opioid abusers and their care.

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