Advocates Say Progress On Opioid-Related Deaths Imperiled By Potential Federal Budget Cuts

Advocates Say Progress On Opioid-Related Deaths Imperiled By Potential Federal Budget Cuts

HARTFORD, CT — While overdose-related deaths in Connecticut are on the decline — the number dropped last year to 982, a 26% reduction from 2023 and the third straight annual decrease — that progress is under threat, according to many who work to prevent such deaths.

Blumenthal blasts GOP budget cuts to opioid overdose programs

Mark Jenkins, CEO and Founder, Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal at the agency's substance-abuse out-patient facility in Hartford on Wednesday. Overdose-related deaths in Connecticut decreased 26% compared to 2023, according to the state Chief Medical Examiner's office. (Ebong Udoma)Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget threaten the progress that’s been made in opioid overdose prevention across the country,…