Opioids

Last year, people in Coos County died of overdoses at twice the statewide rate.

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

The New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition is in line to receive the largest grant. The contracts will need Executive Council approval.

Comité de educación tuvo audiencia pública sobre creación de derechos para padres. Del dinero de crisis del opio, NH ha colocado la mayoría en tratamiento de abuso en cárceles. Sospechoso de amenaza de tiroteo en escuela en Portsmouth se mantiene en custodia.

A federal appeals court will allow partial access to the abortion drug mifepristone, but there are limitations on how the drug can be dispensed. How could this affect medication abortion services in New Hampshire?

The Lebanon-based HIV/HCV Resource Center is working to install "NaloxBoxes" throughout the Upper Valley to increase access to naloxone.

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.

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

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.

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