Issue Position: Opiates
Issue Position
Issues: Drugs
Continue to implement hub and spoke model of treatment, work with local community health organizations, the Attorney General and State's Attorney's offices, local law enforcement, and ensure that opiate crisis is always treated as a public health issue
Recognize that prevention and proactive treatment is not only fiscally responsible, but the moral imperative
Put existing research into action and investigate whether safe-injection sites could be made available in Vermont
Focus on social justice and harm reduction
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