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Unusual-Form-77 t1_j2dntu8 wrote

Reply to comment by somedudevt in How is living in Vermont? by RockLobsterCakes

It's drugs, mental health, guns, and our weak legal system. Our (former?) commissioner of Public Safety, Mike Sherling said as much. He also said that offenders have told law enforcement that they come specifically to Vermont to do their drug trade because our legal system is less robust than our New England neighbors. With drugs, comes crime. We also have a lot of suicide.

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No-Ganache7168 t1_j2fg6at wrote

Of course they do. Then they turn out young people into addicts who turn to crime to feed their habits and end up in low-barrier shelters where there are few recourses to help them to get sober and no incentive to stop using or stealing. It’s a systemic failure

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