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Before Targeting Opioid Epidemic, Shumlin Administration Cut Hospital Detox

Before Targeting Opioid Epidemic, Shumlin Administration Cut Hospital Detox
In a State of the State address devoted entirely to what he says is Vermont's “full blown heroin crisis,” Gov. Peter Shumlin on Jan. 8 announced $ 10 million in new spending on an addiction treatment infrastructure plagued by long waiting lists and a …
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Police Dispatch
The man who allegedly instigated the fisticuffs said he had come to the hospital because he was detoxing from heroin and wanted to do it in a medical setting. While waiting for treatment, he said, he went outside for a smoke and saw a man and woman …
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