Stories about 'prescription drugs' from the Welcome to the VPR Archive

Health Official: More Died From Opiates Than Crashes

By VPR | January 26, 2012

Vermont’s top public safety official says more people died in the state last year from overdoses of prescription opiate drugs and heroin than in car crashes and murders combined.

Pharmaceutical Companies Back Prescription Program

By Kirk Carapezza | August 19, 2011

Pharmaceutical companies are underwriting a new program in Vermont that they say will help uninsured and under-insured people who are struggling to pay for prescriptions.

To Prevent Crime, Vt. Sheriffs Collect Prescription Drugs

By Kirk Carapezza | May 6, 2011

Vermont law enforcement officials say hundreds of pounds of prescription drugs have been collected in an effort to prevent overdoses and stem drug-related crimes.

Prescription Drug Abuse A National Problem

By Jane Lindholm | September 21, 2010

VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with an agendt from the Drug Enforcement Administration and a U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont about the problem of prescription drub abuse on a local and national level.

Vermont Edition

National Drug Take-Back Day

By Jane Lindholm | September 21, 2010

We look at the abuse of prescription drugs and the efforts to curtail it, including this Saturday’s Drug Take-Back Day. Also, VPR’s Steve Zind speaks with Vermont National Guard members responsible for training police in Kabul.

VPR News

Sorrell Wants Drug Makers To Disclose Free Samples

By VPR | February 5, 2010

Last year, Vermont enacted a law banning drug companies from providing free lunches to doctors. Now the state may go a step further by requiring the companies to disclose the free drug samples they give to physicians.

VPR News

Vermont Considers Disclosing Free Prescription Samples

By John Dillon | October 27, 2009

Vermont is looking at whether drug companies should disclose when they give free samples to physicians.

VPR News

Prescription drug abuse eclipses heroin use in VT

By Steve Zind | September 24, 2009

Addiction to heroin in Vermont has long been an issue – but now abuse of pharmaceutical drugs has eclipsed the heroin problem.

Vermont Edition

New drug marketing rules

By Jane Lindholm | June 18, 2009

Vermont’s rules are getting even tougher for pharmaceutical companies. We look at new restrictions on how drugmakers can interact with physicians, and what patients can learn about gifts their doctors have received. Also, an update on the political meltdown in Albany as the New York State Senate argues over who’s in charge.