Louis Josephson: Supporting recovery

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Louis Josephson, Ph.D., the president and CEO of the Brattleboro Retreat.
Vermont is fortunate to have an established system of outpatient care for people who are recovering from opioid addiction. In fact, our state’s hub and spoke system has been nationally recognized as a model for other states struggling with the current opioid epidemic.
Hub and spoke has been in place in Vermont since 2012. To understand its basic structure, hubs are opioid tr