After recording the fourth-highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in the state, Bristol is creating a 26-member task force to address the crisis, Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu told U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy on Friday. The task force will look for ways to keep residents from getting started on misuse of painkillers,...
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant
Fri, 02/23/2018 - 1:10pm
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