Vermont Gov. Phil Scott delivers his State of the State address remotely from the Pavilion office building, Jan. 5, 2022, in Montpelier, Vermont. (Glenn Russell/VTDigger via AP, Pool, File)
The center would have provided referrals to addiction treatment as well as medical and social services. It would also have offered education about overdose prevention and distributed overdose reversal medications.
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth, a Democrat, said a statement on Thursday that "the dramatic rise in fatal overdoses over the past ten years is one of the most pressing crises facing our state."
He said overdose prevention centers save lives, connect people to treatment while reducing pressures on emergency departments and Emergency Medical Services and decreasing drug consumption in public.
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The governor vetoed a similar bill two years ago.
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