In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse

In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse
Chen, Vermont’s health commissioner, said in an interview. He said the rate of overdose deaths across the country had tripled since 1990. “Nationwide, more people die of drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes,” he said. Dr. Chen … drug addiction – Bing News

Vermont Session Preview: A budget gap and a heroin crisis
As Vermont’s lawmakers reconvene, two issues loom large: a $ 70 million budget gap and a widespread drug-abuse crisis. In his state of the state address on Wednesday, Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) started off positive, ticking off reasons why Vermont is “the … drug addiction – Bing News

Pain and addiction
Pain arrived for another too-long visit recently, so I called on my palliative care doctor to get relief. Pain has been an exhausting, debilitating aspect of my cancer, affecting me primarily in my ribcage, on the right side. This is the site where my … drug addiction – Bing News