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BRATTLEBORO-There is no single perfect lens through which to observe and understand the drug epidemic.
Addiction looks very different depending on where you are standing. The person actively using drugs, the person who has fought their way into recovery, the parent who has lost a child, the family member whom someone's addiction has repeatedly hurt, the first responder, the social worker, and the community member watching their neighborhood struggle may all see the same crisis differently. None of those perspectives, by itself, tells the entire story.
I believe we make a mistake when we insist that compassion must look the same for everyone.
For some people in recovery, compassion and connection become part of staying sober. They find purpose in helping others who are still struggling because they understand that struggle personally.
BRATTLEBORO-When I tune into a Selectboard meeting, I expect public input, respectful discourse, human emotion - and above all, leadership. Watching the April 21 Brattleboro Selectboard meeting, I saw too little of the latter. What I witnessed was not decisive leadership, but hesitation, deference, and an apparent inability to...
The writer is a member of Brattleboro’s Representative Town Meeting, serving District 9, and is a member of the RTM Human Services Committee. BRATTLEBORO-As the debate over Representative Town Meeting (RTM), open Town Meeting (OTM), and the Australian ballot (AB) continues, I’ve heard it said that some RTM members...
