CONCORD — State officials announced that after a brief pause, they were accepting new admissions at Hampstead Hospital Residential Treatment Facility and meetings between staff and public safety executives should help bring an end to a spike of violent incidents at the youth psychiatric complex.
CONCORD — Leaders in the substance abuse recovery field warned state representatives Wednesday that mandatory minimum prison terms for those who import, sell or use fentanyl will only worsen the state’s opioid epidemic.
CONCORD — A major donor to current and past campaigns of Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington wrote racially charged statements in a personal blog from 2014 to 2016, including that Black people were more racist than White people and lacked “character and integrity.”
CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu said a Recovery Friendly Workplace national institute will be a clearinghouse for the best practices on how to reduce substance abuse in states across the country.
CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella said Tuesday that New Hampshire has launched its own lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, accusing the social media giant of using marketing methods that mentally and physically harm young children.
CONCORD — An executive councilor said it’s “absolutely inappropriate” that violent disturbances at the Hampstead Hospital Residential Treatment Facility have outstripped local and state law enforcement manpower.
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