Addiction forum asks ‘why don’t they just stop?’

A Brattleboro Community Television camera films a public forum titled “Why Don’t They Just Stop? Ways to Think About and Talk About Addiction” for posting on its website, www.brattleborotv.org. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — A dozen local drug overdoses last Fourth of July sparked headlines throughout New England.
“The astonishing spate,” one newspaper editorialized, “is cause for a deep reflection on the state of the nation.”