Vermont in line to get more opioid abuse prevention funding

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) “In our little state, our special state, this should not be happening,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont.

Leahy says more than $4 million is heading to Vermont to combat opiate addiction. It’s funding the senior senator says he’s fought for.

“I’ll get you the money. I can do that, but the money is only part of it,” Leahy said. “It’s going to be the men and women who work at i