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)
Why Vermont colleges keep closing
Drawing the line on recovery drugs
Who decides on reproductive rights
Progressive’s past comments upend a Burlington election
New gun bills trail historic reforms
Blocked at the border
Breaking down Scott's budget
Locals vs. the landfill
Vermont's youth caucus
Hospitals struggle with psychiatric care
Welch and Leahy look beyond the blue wave
Under new scrutiny, the church pledges change
In search of a supermajority
An Amish enclave in the Northeast Kingdom
Local control at any cost
How TV watchers shift their worldviews
Life on the line
BONUS: Leahy remembers McCain, an unlikely ally
When waste hits waterways
BONUS: Christine Hallquist in conversation
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