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The Lebanon-based HIV/HCV Resource Center is working to install "NaloxBoxes" throughout the Upper Valley to increase access to naloxone.
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Patrick Radden Keefe is the journalist and author behind Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. His book takes a hard look at the family behind Perdue Pharmaceuticals - the family many blame for the opioid crisis. Hannah McCarthy, host of NHPR’s Civics 101, sat down with Patrick backstage at the Music Hall Lounge to talk about opioid settlements and the Sackler family.
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The federal government counted more accidental overdose deaths in 2021 alone than it did in the 20-year period from 1979 through 1998.
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Under the settlement announced Thursday, Johnson & Johnson will make a single payment. New Hampshire will receive $31.5 million after payment of litigation costs and fees.
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At a news conference outside Concord Hospital, Sununu cited cartel-manufactured fentanyl-laced drugs as a “new evolution.”
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The law enforcement effort comes as opioid overdose rates are again spiking in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
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To Kingston resident Kay Scarpone and other families who watched powerlessly as they lost a loved one to addiction, there is a glaring problem with the settlement.
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A study by the National Institutes of Health said pills are the most common form of the drug with a nearly 50-fold increase in law enforcement seizures.
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If you were a former Granite Recovery Centers employee or client, or if you have related information about Eric Spofford you think NHPR should know, please get in touch.
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The rest of the country saw drug deaths spike during the pandemic. New Hampshire was one of the few that didn’t.