Opinion
Where there is life, there is hope: Rethinking my notions on recovery
Today, the addict faces not just opiates — chemicals derived from poppies — but opioids —synthetic and much more powerful versions of the drugs of days gone by. READ MORE
Heroin
Police & Fire
Massachusetts drug investigation leads to arrest on Chestnut Street
Two people were arrested — one in Massachusetts and the other at a Chestnut Street address — Wednesday in connection with a heroin/fentanyl and cocaine trafficking operation in Lynn and Lawrence. READ MORE
Forward Focus
Faces of Recovery, Part 2: Eric’s Story
The closest that I can come to is imagine holding your breath and screaming at yourself not to take a breath – I mean really scream at yourself not to take a breath and your body is saying to take that breath. It just is, it’s a fight, flight survival instinct – and that’s what happens in active addiction. READ MORE
Police & Fire
Mom found unconscious from OD, 4-year-old passed out in backseat from heat inside parked minivan
Police believe the two were inside of the vehicle, with the windows rolled up, for at least an hour, with temperatures reaching 86 degrees. READ MORE
Police & Fire
2 men arrested after traffic stop leads to drugs, cash and stolen gun
Police confiscated a stolen gun, a tomahawk, meth, heroin, suboxone, amphetamines and a filled syringe. READ MORE
News
Hassan ride-along provides first-hand view of fallout from opioid crisis
Doing her due diligence provided a first-hand look at the everyday fallout from opioids here in the city for Sen. Maggie Hassan. READ MORE
Police & Fire
3 arrested at Bridge Street residence after months-long drug investigation
Three people were arrested after police SWAT entered a residence on Bridge Street and confiscated drugs and cash. READ MORE
Safe Station Update
Safe Station update: Current stats, and adding alcohol-related calls to the mix for 2018
Final stats for 2017 will be coming next week. For now, these numbers tell many different aspects of the full story of NH’s addiction crisis. READ MORE
Police & Fire
Police confiscate drugs, gun, after suspicious vehicle reported ‘casing’ Jewett Street
A caller told police he saw a vehicle driving slowly throughout the neighborhood prior to parking illegally, and he felt the individuals inside the vehicle may have been “casing” the neighborhood. READ MORE
Opinion
New Hampshire – and the country – has it all wrong
Just more funding, more stories, pointing fingers is not going to change or solve the addiction crisis. We need to change our soil. And I am directly calling on a leader to stand out in front of their citizens, and to specifically ask for that very thing to happen. Now. READ MORE