Vermont | NonOpioidChoices

State Facts

112

or 77% of all overdose deaths in the year ending February 2026 involved opioids.¹

Over 99,000

Claims, or 3% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2024 – an average of 32 per prescriber.²

26.3

Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in Vermont in 2024.³

$9.5 Billion

the estimated total societal cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) to the state in 2024.⁴

Part D Fact Sheet Veterans Fact Sheet

Opioid Settlement Funds

$120,758,607.44

State Spending Recommendation

Vermont’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee publishes recommendations for fiscal year 2026, suggesting funding for including outreach and case management, the Burlington overdose prevention center, recovery residences, syringe service programs, and contingency management.

Member & Endorser Footprint

Voices is backed by a broad coalition of organizations across the state united by a shared goal: ensuring patients have access to safe, effective,  and individualized pain management throughout the continuum of care.

Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT-AL)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f1051d23738c4980a08002bf301f7d8a

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html

4. Avalere Health (2025). The cost of addiction: Opioid use disorder in the United States. https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Avalere-Health-White-Paper_The-cost-of-opioid-addiction_OUD-in-the-United-States.pdf