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Prescription Drug Abuse in New Hampshire
Drug overdose deaths jumped more than 400 percent from 1995 to 2007, when 168 people died. In this special series, NHPR's Elaine Grant tracks how prescription drugs go from the medicine cabinet to the street, and what the state is - and isn't - doing about the problem.
Photo courtesy macwagen via Flickr/Creative Commons
Prescription Drug Abuse a Serious, Growing Problem
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The abuse of oxycontin, methadone and other prescription drugs is a growing but little-understood problem in New Hampshire.
Rx Drugs: From the Medicine Cabinet to the Street
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The drugs in our medicine cabinets are worth a lot of money. And that makes it hard to keep them off the street.
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Every emergency room in the state of New Hampshire is visited regularly by addicts seeking narcotics. And that creates painful dilemmas for doctors.
Pharmacy Board Stalls Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts, Advocates Say
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The New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy is charged with protecting the public safety. So why is it resisting many efforts to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs?
Paying for Pills: How Prescription Drug Abuse Hits Us All
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Prescription drug abuse isn't just hurting addicts. It's hitting your wallet too.
The Exchange: Prescription Drug Abuse in the Granite State
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We look at the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in the Granite State.
