NH Top Cops: ‘We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out’ of oxy, heroin epidemic

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On April 23, 2014 four dozen of New Hampshire’s top law officers, health officials and addiction experts came together to share their first-hand frustrations and observations about the fallout from the current drug epidemic responsible for unprecedented accidental deaths, spiking crime rates and a revolving door of addiction here, and across the country.

‘Hunt for the Hungry’ program seeks donations for NH food banks

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New Hampshire hunters can share their harvest with the needy through the “Hunt for the Hungry” program at the New Hampshire Food Bank. The food bank collects donations of whole or processed game animals for distribution to more than 350 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and group homes statewide. The program offers packaging instructions and can pick up your meat donation.

Oct. 11 seminar explores PANDAS, a little-known pediatric neurological disorder

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Antibodies from these illnesses mistakenly attack a part of the brain, resulting in sudden onset of acute, neuropsychiatric behavioral changes that can include one or more of the following symptoms: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, sensory sensitivities, verbal or physical tics/abnormal movements, age regression, acute separation anxiety, contamination fears, urinary frequency or bed wetting, fear of choking/eating, irritability or aggression, deterioration in learning abilities and/or handwriting, inability to concentrate or ADHD-like symptoms, personality changes, sleep difficulties and/or insomnia, rages and extremely high anxiety.

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