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The obituary for Madelyn Linsenmeir, a Vermonter, went viral in 2018 for its candid and heartbreaking discussion of opioid addiction.
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Kenneth Cadow's debut novel, Gather, is a finalist in the Young People’s Literature division for the 2023 National Book Award. The book follows Ian, a teenager in rural Vermont, as he deals with common teenager struggles, and something much bigger — his mom’s substance misuse disorder.
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The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York cleared the way for a controversial bankruptcy deal that grants immunity from opioid lawsuits to members of the Sackler family.
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If Vermont wants to reduce last year's record 237 overdose deaths, the health commissioner says, the state needs to find ways to connect people using opioids with treatment options. Many of the people who died had no connection to treatment.
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All told, drugmakers and distributors will pay over $50 billion to communities harmed by opioids. An investigation finds that only a dozen states are letting the public see how they use the money.
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The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic. But with countless groups advocating for a share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.
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After years of litigation and investigation against opioid manufacturers, money is coming in. Vermont is slated to receive more than $100 million the cases that have been settled so far, according to the attorney general’s office. That number will go up, because Vermont is slated to receive funds from recent national settlements with four drug makers that combined, total more than $8.5 billion.
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The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.
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The law enforcement effort comes as opioid overdose rates are again spiking in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
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A record number of Vermonters — 215 — died of opioid overdoses last year. One of those Vermonters was Matthew Hayes, a 22-year-old from Waterbury.