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The home for VPR's coverage of health and health industry issues affecting the state of Vermont.

Opiate Addiction And Treatment: How Far Have We Come?

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At the beginning of this year, Governor Shumlin used his State of the State address to discuss Vermont's opiate addiction problem. The legislature followed up with a comprehensive bill addressing treatment, prosecution, and policing.

We look at the progress the state has made in addressing opiate addiction this year... and the work that still needs to be done. We talk to Governor Shumlin and to Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs at the Department of Health. We also hear from Dr. Nels Kloster, an addiction psychiatrist working in Brattleboro and Bennington.

And we look back on VPR's Traces project with Digital Reporter Taylor Dobbs.

Broadcast live on Tuesday, December 16 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Sage Van Wing was a Vermont Edition producer.
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