Hartford Dispensary

About Hartford Dispensary

Hartford Dispensary in Hartford, Connecticut, operates under Root Center for Advanced Recovery, a behavioral health organization that treats more than 5,500 people across the state every day for substance use and mental health conditions. With over 50 years of experience in recovery care, they take a whole-person, evidence-based approach that meets people at their current stage of recovery. Their core service is medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol use, alongside a partial hospitalization program, adult day treatment, and intensive outpatient care. They have also recently opened their first residential treatment facility.

Medication options for adults and teens include methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone, always paired with counseling and behavioral therapy. The partial hospitalization and adult day programs run four hours a day, five days a week, usually for one to two weeks before stepping down to IOP, which has both morning and evening sessions. Small groups of 6 to 12 people work on relapse prevention, trauma, mindfulness, stress management, and communication, and some groups are tailored to veterans, LGBTQ individuals, abuse survivors, and gender-specific concerns. Individual and family therapy, medication management, a weekly problem gambling group offered in person and virtually, and an art therapy-informed open studio round out their services.