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Chittenden County Sees Spate of Overdoses to Start Year
Seven people in Chittenden County were treated for drug overdoses during a seven-hour span overnight, the Vermont Department of Health said Friday. Officials say it's… -
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UVM Medical Center Doctors Curb Opiate Prescriptions
University of Vermont Medical Center doctors have dramatically reduced the amount of opiates they prescribe, the hospital announced Thursday. In the third quarter of 2018,… -
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Health Department Cautions Drug Users After Spate of Overdoses
The state Health Department is urging drug users to take precautions, including keeping the overdose-reversing drug Narcan on hand, after a spate of "several"… -
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Vermont Sues OxyContin Maker for Its Role in the Opiate Crisis
Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, alleging that the company's aggressive promotion of the drug helped… -
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Health Department Program Gives Fentanyl Testing Kits to Heroin Users
The Vermont Department of Health has quietly distributed fentanyl testing kits to heroin users during the past 15 months as part of a pilot program… -
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Safe Injection Sites? Medical Professionals, Law Enforcement Weigh In
A panel of health and safety experts bandied about the perks and costs of safe injection sites Thursday, and seemingly ended up with more… -
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Fatal Opiate Overdoses in Vermont Reach New High in 2017
Vermont saw a record number of fatal opiate overdoses in 2017, making it the third straight year the grim milestone has been reset, according… -
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Chittenden Prosecutor Creates Commission to Study Safe Injection Sites
Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George is creating a commission to study whether the county should allow so-called safe injection sites, where street drug… -
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Death by Drugs: Opiates Claimed a Record Number of Vermonters in 2016
They were chemists and truck drivers, landscapers and car salesmen, homemakers and hydrologists. They plowed snow for the Agency of Transportation and brewed coffee… -
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Brothers' Keeper: A Mom Wants a Dealer to Pay for Her Sons' Overdose Deaths
Penny Thibault got up around 6 a.m. at home in Westford on June 18, 2015, and noticed that neither the air conditioner nor the… -
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Burlington Police Report Two Heroin Overdoses Hours Apart
One man is dead and a second survived after two more suspected heroin overdoses in Burlington on Thursday just hours apart, police said. A 28-year-old… -
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Police Say Fentanyl Caused Recent Burlington Overdoses
Burlington police on Wednesday said that fentanyl, a potent synthetic painkiller that has caused scores of fatal drug overdoses, was found in heroin that caused… -
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A Man's Fatal Overdose Prompts His Family to Go Public
Sean Stem hadn't lived long in the Winooski apartment where he died. Police found needles along with his body on March 29, according to… -
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Another Wave of Fentanyl Overdoses Hits Vermont
In mid-October, a handful of heroin users overdosed in Hartford. Then, like dominoes, it happened in neighboring Hartland, then to the south in Windsor,… -
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Leader of Rutland Heroin Ring Sentenced
A 21-year-old New York City man was sentenced yesterday to 75 months in prison on charges of dealing heroin in Rutland. Federal prosecutors spent two… -
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Shumlin, Drug Czar Announce Expansion of Overdose-Reversing Drug
All Vermont State Police troopers and emergency medical technicians will soon carry a drug that can reverse opiate overdoses, Gov. Peter Shumlin announced at…
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