As Bill Moyers begins a five-part series on addiction, Connecticut Journal takes a local look at the problem and profiles two people who have battled alcoholism for years. We look at what happens to the women and children. Everyone has them, especially students. Correspondent Jim Vicevich talks to students and medical experts about the effects heavy backpacks have on health and your back. Ed Wierzbicki looks at artwork at hospitals, and the artists who create them.
Experts provide the latest research findings.
Frank Borres reports on the foster care system in Connecticut, a world where thousands of children exist. By cloning Amy, the first farm animal in the United States, Professor Jerry Yang has brought positive attention to the University of Connecticut's Biotechnology Center. His media success also serves to remind his colleagues that in order for biotechnology to thrive at the University, scientists must leave their laboratories and talk to the public about their research. As the court battle to keep Southbury Training School moves into mediation, CT Journal is allowed unprecedented access to tour the institution. Parents and relatives of many Southbury residents express fear that their loved ones may one day be forced to live in the community, while advocates for the mentally disabled say institutional life can never replace life in the community.