State of the State Address Targets Vt. Drug Problem

Published January 12, 2014

State of the State address targets Vt. drug problem
But Wednesday was devoted to drug abuse, and Shumlin called on the state to abandon the law-and-order tactics used by Vermont and other states in the past and instead begin treating addiction as an illness that needs prevention and treatment. “We must …
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Heroin deaths rise in Dane County, drug's toll increasing
The rates of heroin abuse's most serious consequence — a fatal overdose — could be the first to show results if the state takes the right steps, Wittke said. She points to the example of North Carolina, which expanded access to naloxone and quickly …
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BG doctor:New law has helped ease abuse
More than 1,000 Kentuckians die each year from prescription drug overdoses. Kentucky's overdose death rate is the third-highest in the nation, according to information on the state's official website kentucky.gov. More people die in this state from …
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