Annual Connecticut Overdose Deaths Top 1,000 For First Time

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) –  Connecticut’s chief medical examiner says annual drug overdose deaths in the state have topped 1,000 for the first time.
Dr. James Gill announced the 2017 total Friday at a legislative hearing in Hartford.
He says a preliminary count shows 1,040 people died from overdoses, a 13 percent increase from the 917 deaths in 2016.
Gill says the powerful opioid fentanyl continues to play an increasing role in deaths.
Of last year’s deaths, 675 involved fenta