While the pandemic demanded the attention of the public last year, preliminary data shows that at least 157 Vermonters died in 2020 due to opioid-related overdoses — an average of about three people per week. That’s even more than the state lost to Covid.
Advocates say that number is alarming. They also point out that the crisis has been worsening for years.
Guests: Kyle Burditt (Turning Point Center of Rutland), Emma Cotton (VTDigger)
Slate Ridge and the prospect of political violence
Creative solutions to the housing crunch
Counting ballots in a crisis
Why antigen tests aren't changing Vermont's Covid strategy
For families of dementia patients, Covid’s damage is already done
Two candidates, two economic visions
Behind the ‘kudos’ for Vermont’s Covid success
Schools are in session. What happens now?
Who gets hazard pay?
The pandemic budget plan
Preparing for Covid on campus
Can Covid ease the demographic crisis?
Vermont Conversation: David Goodman & Stuart Stevens
What to watch for in the 2020 primary
Vermont's rental relief program, explained
The science behind reopening schools
The next phase of the pandemic in Vermont
Do police make schools safer?
How a UVM basketball game became a Covid-19 spreading event
Will Burlington slash its police budget?
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