Doctor J. Craig Allen, Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine doctor will talk about South Windsor joins towns in looking to change minimum age of tobacco purchases and states that More and more Connecticut towns are looking into making it illegal for teens to buy cigarettes and other nicotine products. Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine Doctor J. Craig Allen believes it's a positive trend. “One of the things raising the smoking age is it takes the cigarettes and it takes the nicotine products out of the hands of high school seniors,” said Allen. Hartford leaders recently raised the minimum age to buy nicotine products from 18 to 21. Now communities like Bloomfield, Wallingford, and East Hartford are exploring similar moves. He spoke to Brad and Paul about this

 

Candidate for the 5th District Rueben Rodriguez

A candidate for the 5th District in the state, Rueben Rodriguez joined Gary to talk about why he decided to run and why he thinks he's the best choice.

 
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State Senator Heather Somers

There's a case causing uproar within the state where a convicted felon is getting a state pension while currently incarcerated for abusing  a patient at a mental hospital...State Senator Heather Somers joined Gary to talk about it.

 
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Diane Burgess on Brad and Paul Show 11-15-18

DIANE BURGESS, UCONN SCHOOL OF PHARMACY’S NEW PFIZER DISTINGUISH CHAIR IN PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY, spoke to Brad and Paul about her role, the pressing issues in the pharmaceutical industry today, the Opioid crisis and lawsuits against some pharmaceutical companies in its wake and will touch base on how important is CT to the overall industry.

photo credit: Meghan Boyd

 
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