Drug related crimes have escalated across Vermont - mostly because of a surge in heroin and prescription drug abuse. In the second part of our series, VPR's Nina Keck reports for Rutland it's the northwest part of the city that's struggling most with drug-related crime.

Police arrested three people at a South Burlington hotel early Monday morning. The charges range from theft to drug possession.

Two Vermont women are facing charges that they provided a drug that led to the death of a Burlington woman in June.

Two men are facing charges of selling prescription painkillers following a three-week investigation by Colchester police.

A prison inmate in Springfield has been charged with possessing heroin and cocaine.

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Governor Peter Shumlin and law enforcement officials say Vermont is in a race to ban designer drugs and their chemical cousins before they kill more people.

Milton's police chief says that the recent addition of a second detective to his force has allowed officers to deal with more drug investigations.

The problem of drug crime has been brought into focus by a few high-profile arrests and a recent hearing with lawmakers.

Pharmaceutical companies are underwriting a new program in Vermont that they say will help uninsured and under-insured people who are struggling to pay for prescriptions.