Phil Scott: “Vermont has also made Narcan widely available to first…”

“So for the first time, we are beginning to see a reduction in prescribed opioids. Unfortunately, we still prescribe three times as much as we did in 1999. Vermont has also made Narcan widely available to first responders, law enforcement, people with addiction, and family members. of those suffering. We have aggressively used the screening, Brief intervention and Referral to treatment model, also known as sbirt, to prevent the progression of addiction.” (05:05–05:14)

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