In Quiet Vermont, Rising Problem of Heroin, Pill Abuse Stirs a Battle Cry

In quiet Vermont, rising problem of heroin, pill abuse stirs a battle cry
Peter Shumlin delivers the State of the State Address at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt. Shumlin Shumlin highlighted opiate abuse in the state by devoting nearly his entire State of the State speech to it. (AP Photo/Andy Duback). MONTPELIER, Vt …
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Clarksville woman accused of trying to run over boyfriend and attacking him
All are items used to make methamphetamine, the officer wrote. In addition, officers found 16 Adderall pills, 32 morphine sulfate pills, 13 methadone pills, 21 oxymorphone pills and 25 oxycodone pills, the warrant said. A white powder which tested …
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Risenburg accepts plea bargain
Methadone is a drug used to wean people off of heroin, but Stierwalt said a doctor had prescribed it to Jason Risenburg for a work-related injury. “He furnished them to her at some point up to her death,” Stierwalt said of the methadone pills. “She …
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