Substance Use Disorder

The second annual Celebration for Recovery Walk was held in honor of David Plaisted, a 28-year-old from New Ipswich who died in 2021.

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.

An NHPR investigation has revealed multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Eric Spofford, the founder and former CEO of Granite Recovery Centers. GRC is New Hampshire’s largest provider of substance use disorder treatment. The claims involve former employees and a former client and include allegations of sexual harassment and assault.

We talk with author and educator Jessica Lahey about her new book, The Addiction Inoculation. Part parenting manual, part memoir, her book chronicles her…

Sullivan County will be the first county in New Hampshire to establish a new family treatment court.The county will use a $1.75 million federal grant to…

One of the bills included in the omnibus healthcare legislation Governor Sununu signed into law on Wednesday requires that superintendents at county…

A new survey shows that income for substance use treatment and recovery providers in the state has decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic.The survey, by…

Overdose numbers in Manchester and Nashua declined for the second month in a row.Manchester saw 24 overdoses, one fatal, in the month of April. There were…

Many once face-to-face interactions have moved online during COVID-19, including for people who are in recovery from a substance use disorder.But the…

The Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs voted today on how to spend an unused $3.8 million dollars of state funding from this fiscal year.The…