Bennington, VT - Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014: Standing across from each other, recovering addict Alfred Hickey, left, talks with fellow renter Cassie Morse, right, in the kitchen.

Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted his entire state of the state address in January to what he called a "full-blown heroin crisis" in Vermont, where twice as many people died of heroin overdoses in 2012 as in the year before. Mr. Shumlin's address focused new attention on the problem, which has hit...
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Bennington, VT - Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014: Standing across from each other, recovering addict Alfred Hickey, left, talks with fellow renter Cassie Morse, right, in the kitchen.

Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted his entire state of the state address in January to what he called a "full-blown heroin crisis" in Vermont, where twice as many people died of heroin overdoses in 2012 as in the year before. Mr. Shumlin's address focused new attention on the problem, which has hit every corner of the state.

CREDIT: Cheryl Senter for The New York Times
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