Vermont Pushes for Shorter Drug Treatment Stays, Relapse Rate Rises

Published March 20, 2014

Vermont pushes for shorter drug treatment stays, relapse rate rises
The state's push to shorten the time addicts spend at residential treatment centers may be to blame for a massive spike in relapses, say leaders for two of the centers in Vermont. “What we've seen is the number of patients requiring readmission in the …
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Watch: In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
The directors of two residential treatment centers told America Tonight that since then, the number of patients requiring readmission at their facilities has doubled. William Young, executive director of Maple Leaf Farm, said they looked at the number …
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Vt. fights drug crimes with treatment, not jail
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Heroin-related crime has so overwhelmed Vermont's courts and jails in recent years that lawmakers are poised to adopt sweeping standards for a statewide diversion program to get some offenders into drug treatment and out of the …
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