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Pennsylvania Gov. Calls $34M Request for Heroin Treatment ‘A Start’

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s $34 million budget request to address Pennsylvania’s opioid abuse crisis is “a start” as the state begins to understand the scope and need of a statewide epidemic, he told reporters on June 2. Speaking briefly to …

New Hampshire Lawmakers Expected to Create Drug-Focused Task Force

New Hampshire state lawmakers are expected to create a task force aimed at tackling New Hampshire’s substance abuse crisis when they return to Concord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday for a special session. If all goes according to plan, the task …

N.H. GOP Leaders Say Substance Abuse Proposals Need More Work

New Hampshire’s Republican lawmakers said they would rather create a legislative task force during a special session planned for next week to study some of Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposals to combat the state’s substance abuse crisis instead of having lawmakers …