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Dr. David Krag and his team are sifting through around 43,000 studies about opioids and addiction to create an easy-to-access research database.

The proposed center will provide medical supervision to people using illegal drugs.

Journalists from Seven Days and Vermont Edition discuss their reporting on unhoused people who died while outside or in shelters.

Vermont鈥檚 largest city has launched a new initiative that allows first responders to administer opioid addiction treatment medication at the scene of overdoses. Research indicates it鈥檚 an effective way to get more people who struggle with opioid misuse into treatment.

A new federal rule change has made methadone more accessible than ever, but many advocates and patients say it should be much easier for patients to receive. Those running the methadone clinics are not so sure.

Vermont鈥檚 largest city has tasked its board of health, a five-member citizen advisory group, with examining ways to improve the local needle exchange program. The public health measure is meant to prevent the spread of disease and infection among people who use injection drugs.

A recent episode of the podcast Rumble Strip focuses on the experiences of people in our region with active drug addiction.

A new video series from Vermont producer and host, Rocket, features a visit with the team at Jenna鈥檚 Promise, the nonprofit founded in memory of Jenna Tatro, a victim of the ongoing opioid epidemic.

Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak's statement comes a day after the Legislature overrode Gov. Phil Scott's veto of a bill to create a pilot facility in the Queen City.

Journey to Recovery has partnered with local schools on addiction prevention and early intervention.