Insurers prodded to cover early addiction services for Vermonters
Early screening – to catch drug dependence early – and recovery services – to keep patients clean after treatment – are also more cost-effective, but some insurers don't cover that, either. Last week the state health officials who oversee the network …
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Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic
Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic. Two mothers trying to stay clean are coping with the consequences of drug addiction and its impact on their children. Adam Desiderio / NBC News. 1. For recovering addicts, it's hard …
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Sand: Drug war needs new battle plan
With addiction rates rising in Vermont, especially to opiate-based drugs such as painkillers and heroin, state officials are trying to broaden the scope of the drug war to focus more on the addicts who fuel the drug market. For most of his time in …
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