Calling hours at Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a memorial service in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to NH Hope for Recovery.
Substance abuse is a serious issue for returning service members, who struggle with the disease of addiction, and due to financial circumstances, are unable to receive the treatment they need to put them on a path to recovery. This fund will help them through dedicated addiction services at Farnum North.
On Vivitrol: Can you imagine what something like this could do for our nation and the world? How many parents and families would be able to sleep at night, once again?
I started drinking more when I didn’t plan on drinking at all. Weekends started on Tuesday.
GOP Presidential hopefuls Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina and John Kasich will be in town this week, speaking Jan. 5 at Southern NH University during a forum looking at addiction issues.
With the standing order in place, any individual will be able to purchase Narcan from a Rite Aid pharmacist in New Hampshire. Rite Aid is the first pharmacy chain to sign a standing order in New Hampshire.
We need to take seriously the public health aspect of opiate addiction and overdose. Instead of focusing on filling more jail cells, we should commit to making more health resources available to those who need them. At the end of the day, drug addiction is solely a medical issue. I have been proud to work with my legislative colleagues here in New Hampshire to tackle these issues in a rational, compassionate way, and urge our representatives in Congress to do the same.
Teen Challenge, a faith-based recovery program, has expanded from a minimum stay of 12 months, to 15 months, with the newly added three-month aftercare program, which ensures participants leave with a job, money in the bank, transportation, and a place to live.
Heroin and prescription drug abuse have reached epidemic proportions in the state of New Hampshire, and Bedford families are suffering as well. Join the Bedford Police Department for a community discussion about the threat posed by substance abuse, particularly heroin and prescription drug abuse, and what is being done and what still needs to be done to effectively address this threat.
All gifts received will help increase the number of treatment beds by 62 at Easter Seals NH, which has been on the front lines of this battle and is committed to supporting people in need, through substance abuse treatment programs at the Farnum Center in Manchester, and Farnum North in Franklin. With New Hampshire ranking 49th in access to treatment for substance addiction, and heroin use at epidemic proportions, Granite State residents have joined together to support their own.
Alderman Pat Long came before the Special Committee on Alcohol-Drugs-Youth Services Monday night to propose a lifeline of immediate relief for those struggling with addiction by creating a round-the-clock intervention program.
The Addiction Performance Project presents dramatic readings of Act Three of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night as a catalyst for town hall discussions about the disease of addiction as it touches patients, families, communities, and health professionals who work in the fields of primary care, nursing, and clinical bioethics.
Common Man Family Owner & Founder Alex Ray has issued a $100,000 matching gift challenge to Granite State residents to improve options in our state for friends, family and neighbors seeking recovery, in a partnership with Easter Seals NH.
Addiction touches everyone. People are dying and we need all the help we can get. If you won’t support Hillary, I hope you will support your candidate of choice to wake up and address this critical issue.
It’s the only safe place he knows in this city. He doesn’t want to jinx it, but it feels like the beginning of something he’s never known before; something like stability.
Learn about opportunities that support Young People in Recovery.
No matter how you have come to the point of exhaustion over the city’s drug epidemic, Aug. 29 is the day to come together for change, and healing as a community.
“There is no real help for him, beside myself and his mother, who is utterly on the edge over all of this. I also feel our parole system needs review and education to evaluate each situation, although as stated before it comes down to money.”
US Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Mass., believes the ‘Gloucester Program’ should be a national model for other communities battling drug addiction.
