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In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.

If the downward trend holds, this year is expected to be the first since 2020 to see overdose deaths fall below the 100,000 mark. However, Black and Native American communities remain vulnerable.

Donald Trump habló en la secundaria de Windham. Distrito escolar de Concord recibirá subsidio para ofrecer almuerzos escolares más nutritivos. Simpatizantes del monumento de Elizabeth Gurley Flynn demandan al estado por quitar el símbolo.

Of 2022’s 486 confirmed fatal drug deaths in New Hampshire, 410 involved either fentanyl alone or fentanyl combined with other drugs, such as methamphetamine and cocaine, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Advocates say the change would broaden access to live-saving tools.

Nationally the increase in drug overdose deaths has slowed, but many states, including Texas and Washington, continued to see fatalities rise by 10 to 20 percent in 2022.

The federal government counted more accidental overdose deaths in 2021 alone than it did in the 20-year period from 1979 through 1998.

At a news conference outside Concord Hospital, Sununu cited cartel-manufactured fentanyl-laced drugs as a “new evolution.”

Federal prosecutors in Hillsborough County have begun to toughen penalties for fentanyl traffickers as part of a nationwide program called "Operation…

Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan were in Manchester on Tuesday to discuss a major opioid bill awaiting President Trump's signature.The U.S.…