The War on Drugs is creating and ensuring addiction, not preventing it. The very people that the system purports to help only become further entangled in their trauma and misery. Time to call a ceasefire.
“The time for talk is over. Its time to open our doors.”
The conversation around heroin addiction and recovery will continue at a public meeting concerning Hope for NH Recovery’s proposed Manchester Recovery Center on May 14 at 6 p.m. at 161 S. Beech St. in Manchester.
Two people ended up shepherding a woman to safety after she crashed her car into a police radar trailer on Calef Road, and then passed out behind the wheel of her car. She was revived by medics with Narcan after it was determined she was suffering from an apparent heroin overdose.
Police observed a spoon on the floor of the Cadillac. Officers believe Sarah Longval was “shooting up” heroin while operating her motor vehicle on South Willow Street.
Hector Cruz Miranda was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute, possession of a controlled drug and falsifying physical evidence.
Detectives had an ongoing case involving Terrence Jackson and had received a tip that he would be traveling to Lawrence, Mass., so he could pick up a quantity of heroin before returning to Manchester.
‘I’ve never arrested a tobacco addict, nor have I ever seen one turned down for help when they develop lung cancer, whether or not they have insurance. The reasons for the difference in care between a tobacco addict and an opiate addict is stigma and money.’
The people that want to see this bill pass are parents of drug users who are desperate to keep their children alive one more day, in the hopes that a bed will open up at a treatment center, or the next paycheck will cover treatment. May they be granted the right to keep their children alive one more day, in the interest of a better tomorrow?
Portland Pie Co. will donate 10 percent of the day’s sales on May 11 from four restaurants to Serenity Place.