Episode 39

Opiates and moving past approaches that don't help

November 10, 2023: Communities across Vermont are witnessing more people struggling with opioid misuse. While the cry goes out to "do something!" it also seems that programs that could reduce harm are being overlooked. David Mickenberg with the Drug Policy Alliance and Brattleboro Selectboard Member Daniel Quipp join today's discussion. 

To learn more about the Drug Policy Alliance visit: https://drugpolicy.org/

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.