opioid crisis

New Hampshire: The Opioid Crisis Gets Worse

AUDIO – NO END IN SIGHT? –

Aug. 9, 2023 – These numbers represent, as you know, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, friends, brothers, sisters,” he said. “And these numbers have names and faces.” After a few years of what seemed like progress, overdose deaths are again rising across New Hampshire. Discussions of the state’s drug crisis often focus on cities, but rural areas have also been hit hard. Last year in Coos County, people died at twice the rate that they did in New Hampshire as a whole.

And people here say they face outsized challenges as they try to respond to this crisis. While accessing treatment and finding support in recovery can be difficult across New Hampshire, that’s made even harder by this region’s limited services and scarce financial resources. “We only have one treatment center in the entire North Country,” said Jennifer Goulet, the recovery support manager for the Littleton-based North Country Health Consortium. “That’s not enough capacity.”

LISTEN@CTPublic

C Luke

Recent Posts

California Wants Social Media To Have ‘black box warning’ For Kids

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? – Dec. 19, 2024 - Assembly Bill 56 (AB 56) proposes…

2 days ago

Lily Allen Shares the Moment She Hit ‘Rock Bottom’

AND STOPPED DIGGING – Dec. 4, 2024 - In a new interview with The Times,…

2 days ago

170 Million Americans Learn Deadly Toxin is Toxic

NOT JUST IN PENCILS – Dec. 8, 2024 - Americans born before 1966 experienced “significantly…

2 days ago

Famous Child Star After Opening Up About Addiction

AS SUCCESSFUL AS EVER – Dec. 3, 2024 - Family Affair actor Johnny Whitaker looked…

2 days ago

Top 10 Things Families Can Do to Avoid Common Rehab Pitfalls

ALANON Plus – Dec. 7, 2024 - A high percentage of treatment failures occur due…

2 days ago

Poet Nikki Giovanni – Passes at 81

AUDIO – A GIANT IS GONE – Dec. 10, 2024 - Nikki Giovanni, the poet,…

2 days ago