Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution

Pilloried for their role in the epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse, drugmakers are aggressively pushing their remedy to the problem: a new generation of harder-to-manipulate opioids that have racked up billions in sales, even though there’s little proof they reduce rates of overdoses or deaths.

Report: Young NH People Low on Hope, High on Illicit Drug Use

“According to SAMHSA, young adults (18–25 years old) in New Hampshire have some of the highest rates of illicit drug use in the country,” said Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services Director Joseph Harding.