Senators discuss opioid crisis
CLAIRE GALVIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
WILLIMANTIC — For T.J. Aitken, recovering from an opioid addiction meant finding community organizations that provided a full continuum of care to get him through his crisis.
“At 22 years old, I lost absolutely everything,” Aitken said Monday at a roundtable talk at Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic, one that included Connecticut’s Senate delegation. “I had $39 in my pocket and I barely had a place to stay. It was absolute chaos.”
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats, visited Windham Hospital Monday afternoon to discuss health care, the opioid crisis, mental health and the future of the Affordable Care Act.
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