DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: VT SENATE ADVANCES OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTER LEGISLATION, DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO PROVEN HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 2 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following news release on May 1, 2024:
Today, the Vermont Senate voted 21-8 to embrace an evidence-based solution to the overdose crisis by advancing legislation that would authorize and fund an overdose prevention center in Burlington. The legislation represents a needed intervention for Vermont, which has seen a 500% increase in overdose deaths since 2010, losing over 1,500 community members to preventable overdose . . .
Today, the Vermont Senate voted 21-8 to embrace an evidence-based solution to the overdose crisis by advancing legislation that would authorize and fund an overdose prevention center in Burlington. The legislation represents a needed intervention for Vermont, which has seen a 500% increase in overdose deaths since 2010, losing over 1,500 community members to preventable overdose . . .