U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan filed legislation this week to increase federal funding to address the opioid crisis to the tune of billions of dollars. The two New Hampshire Democrats re-introduced the Turn the Tide Act, which would raise the total spent on various addiction remediation efforts to around $65 billion nationwide over […]
When former Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington launched a campaign challenging Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte, the Democratic candidate was immediately met with loud and persistent accusations that she was an opioid lobbyist, and in the months since those accusations haven’t stopped. “Cinde Warmington spent her career as a lobbyist for the opioid industry, promoting OxyContin and […]
Josh Colwell, business manager for Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire, holds a box containing Narcan, the brand name of opioid overdose reversa…
Narcan, the brand name of opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone widely distributed over the counter, is used by emergency first responders, s…
BRISTOL — New Hampshire ranks as the worst state in the country as far as youths’ use of drugs and alcohol, according to the Youth Risk Behavi…
BRISTOL — Mika Austin, the student representative to the Newfound Area School Board, said at the board’s Nov. 28 meeting that drug use is part…
LACONIA — A city resident has been charged with selling the drug which allegedly caused the death of a person who was in recovery for drug addiction.
LACONIA — The Prevention, Enforcement, and Treatment Program that the Laconia City Council set in motion through the police department in 2014…