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Senator Hassan meets with addiction care providers to discuss the reauthorized Support Act

read more…: Senator Hassan meets with addiction care providers to discuss the reauthorized Support Act

“I think the thing that is most encouraging to me overall over the trajectory of the opioid epidemic is just that we have begun to see it as a challenge that we all need to address together. And we’ve begun to understand that it’s not a character failing, that it’s an illness that can be treated, that we can learn more and more about it, and learn about what works and use evidence to address the problem and make sure that we’re reducing deaths and preventing addiction to begin with. “

NH to receive $4.5M as part of $720M national opioid settlements from 8 drug makers

read more…: NH to receive $4.5M as part of $720M national opioid settlements from 8 drug makers

Today’s announcement is in addition to the settlement the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced back in June with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family in which New Hampshire stands to receive as much as $30 million from that settlement over the next 10 years. To date, the Granite State has already received more than $97.4 million in opioid settlement funds from either settlement agreements or bankruptcy courts orders with

SIM Workshop takeaway: Solutions needed for housing those in court system with mental illness, addiction

read more…: SIM Workshop takeaway: Solutions needed for housing those in court system with mental illness, addiction

The New Hampshire Judicial Branch on March 27 released a comprehensive report produced as a result of the recent Sequential Intercept Mapping or SIM workshop that took place at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, focusing on the Hillsborough County North region.

DHHS seeks federal waiver and public comment on expanding substance use disorder services

read more…: DHHS seeks federal waiver and public comment on expanding substance use disorder services

As part of the process, the DHHS is soliciting public comment. A 30-day public comment period has begun and will continue through March 30, 2018. All comments must be received by 12 p.m. EST on March 30. DHHS will host two public hearings during the public comment period, including March 6 in Manchester.

NH Department of Corrections launches Focus Unit to deal with inmate addiction

read more…: NH Department of Corrections launches Focus Unit to deal with inmate addiction

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections announces that an intensive, structured treatment unit was established in the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin to provide treatment and support for inmates suffering with addiction, as well as co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.

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