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2016

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Introducing Opiate Addicts To The Hub And Spoke Treatment System In Vermont, Richard T. Carrick Jan 2016

Introducing Opiate Addicts To The Hub And Spoke Treatment System In Vermont, Richard T. Carrick

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Opiate abuse and addiction is an epidemic in the state of Vermont. Brandon Medical Center has recently become involved in Vermont's "Hub and Spoke" system of medically assisted opiate addiction treatment. This project involved the development of a pamphlet for safe, low-threshold transmission of information regarding opiate addiction and entrance into this system for patient's who may be suffering from this disease.