Feds sending $2M more for state addiction programs

Senator Patrick Leahy, right, alongside Health Commissioner Mark Levine, speaks at a press conference on Vermont’s response to the opioid crisis on Monday, April 30, 2018. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
RICHMOND – Vermont’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic are getting a $2 million boost from the federal government.
The additional funding, announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., will expand state programs like drug disposal, prevention training and peer coaching f