New addiction treatment center opens in Springfield

SaVida Health (formerly known as Experience Wellness Centers), a leader in outpatient treatment for opioid and alcohol addiction in Massachusetts and Virginia, is pleased to announce that it is expanding its services into Vermont.

Couple charged with using young child to smuggle drugs into the Springfield jail

A couple accused of borrowing a relative’s young child and using her to attempt to smuggle drugs into the Springfield jail have been brought up on criminal charges in connection with that August incident.

Springfield woman extradited to NH for the second time in a month

A Springfield woman who was just extradited to New Hampshire last month on a heroin possession charge was arrested over the weekend and extradited back to New Hampshire again this week to face a cocaine possession charge.

Caught with drugs in jail

An inmate at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield has been cited to appear in court for drug possession.

Springfield woman waives extradition to New Hampshire to face heroin and bail jumping charges

A Springfield woman has waived extradition to New Hampshire and will be arraigned there early next month on charges of heroin possession and bail jumping.

$25,000 Coverys grant supports pharmacist at SMCS Rapid Access Clinic

Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation in Boston recently awarded a $25,000 grant to Springfield Medical Care Systems (SMCS). The grant supports an innovative new concept to include pharmacist consultation services as a component of its Rapid Access Clinic.

Open house to celebrate Recovery Awareness

All are welcome to join the Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield in celebrating Recovery Awareness from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at Turning Point's Open House. This is a community event open to everyone and is family friendly.

Kate’s story: The cost of addiction and the collateral damage

Earlier this year, I attended the National Opiate and Prescription Drug Conference. I was inspired by Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, U.S. Surgeon General, who shared his personal story of how addiction touched his family. His story awakened in me a desire to share a story from my family.

Springfield police make arrest in undercover operation

A Woodstock man is facing charges of Fraud or Deceit after an alleged attempt to buy narcotics from an undercover police officer in Springfield.

Vt. opioid forum: good news and bad

Rep. Peter Welch met with a group of first responders, public servants, caseworkers, medical professionals and others working on solutions to the opioid epidemic at the Nolin Murray Center in Springfield Monday. The forum was the latest of several to bring together people in Vermont addressing the heroin and prescription drug epidemic.

Rep. Welch says help is on the way for opioid crisis

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch believes federal funding of $4 million and counting will help Vermont communities fighting the opioid crisis. Health Care and Rehabilitative Services of Southeastern Vermont is one organization that Welch would like the money to reach.

Drug Take-Back Day April 28, 2018

On Saturday, April 28, the Windsor County Sheriff’s Office, local and state law enforcement agencies, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

Springfield woman charged with sale of fentanyl

A Springfield woman was arrested last week by members of the Southern Vermont Drug Task Force and charged with sale of fentanyl, an especially potent opioid that police say has been responsible for a number of heroin overdose deaths across the region.

Local organizations participate in national opioid summit

Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives speaking at the summit conference

Vermonters from Bennington, Windham and Windsor counties attended the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit during the first week of April in downtown Atlanta, according to Bellows Falls-based Greater Falls Connections. Three organizations from Springfield attended.