New numbers show scope of drug overdose crisis in New Hampshire over past decade

FENTANYL AND METHAMPHETAMINES. SOME NEW DATA IS GIVING US A BETTER IDEA OF THE STATE OF ADDICTION HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER, THERE HAVE BEEN 19 CONFIRMED DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS SO FAR THIS YEAR, 69 SUSPECTED DEADLY OVERDOSES ARE PENDING TOXICOLOGY. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 463 CONFIRMED OVERDOSE DEATHS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT IS UP FROM. 436 THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CHART AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT’S A REALLY BIG INCREASE FROM