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Empowerment through Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Peer Support  At the age of 9 months old the course of Randy Lizotte’s life was dramatically altered.  A car accident left him with a traumatic brain injury.    Fast forward to today and Randy, who works at Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS) and facilitates the Next Step Self Advocates, has significantly impacted advocacy efforts and peer mentoring not only in the northwestern region but throughout Vermont.    It was Randy’s parents that shaped his views on what is possible.  Growing up as one of...

A bill in the Montana House of Representatives would make driving high on THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, a DUI – no matter what kind of THC or how it was produced.

Gov. Greg Gianforte's budget asks lawmakers to move the Comprehensive School and Community Treatment program back under the purview of the state health department.