CT Today With Paul Pacelli – Are Employers Responsible For Substance Use Disorder?

Dozens of prescription medicine bottles in a jumble. This collection of pill bottles is symbolic of the many medications senior adults and chronically ill people take.

CT Today With Paul Pacelli – Are Employers Responsible For Substance Use Disorder?

Wednesday’s midweek “Connecticut Today” with host Paul Pacelli featured Connecticut Inside Investigator reporter Marc Fitch’s analysis of a proposal from state lawmakers to classify certain types substance abuse as an occupational disease, for workers compensation benefits and other legal protections (00:32). Hearst Connecticut Media senior editor and columnist Dan Haar talked about the hot topics around the state, including the ongoing controversy about Connecticut’s electric rates and unrest in Stamford (11:27)

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