Advocates say progress on opioid-related deaths imperiled by potential federal budget cuts

CTNewsJunkie – Thursday, July 3, 2025
By Donald Eng

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.

Under the Republican tax-and-spend bill that passed the US Senate on Tuesday, the proposed cuts to Medicaid would mean that thousands of people could lose the recovery and prevention services they rely on.

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