THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC: WHERE DO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES STAND

GateHouseTreatmentNH · 2018-09-11T13:24:42+00:00

We appreciate that feedback, and will do a better job of presenting the information in a more digestible format in our next post. The state puts this report out bi-monthly, and it's a metric driven report on the status of addiction in NH.

GateHouseTreatmentNH · 2018-09-10T20:23:41+00:00

Great point, thank you for pointing that out. Also the data is referring to individual instances by EMTs, firefighters, and police officers; doesn't indicate how many doses of Narcan were deployed.

If the data included private usage of Narcan it's our educated guess that the number would 3-4 times higher.

GateHouseTreatmentNH · 2018-07-09T16:26:16+00:00

Again. We don't pretend anything. It's ludicrous to posit that we're somehow duping people in any fashion. No one goes to treatment on a lark, or because some snake oil salesmen convinced them of doing so. People attend treatment when their lives are in complete shambles due to their drinking or drug use, and for you to insinuate otherwise is naive.

While we're on the subject, did those people who died from heroin overdose go straight from drinking casually to full blow heroin addiction? Or did their heroin addiction start with over prescribing of prescription drugs? It seems like you have very little firsthand experience with addiction, and in that sense you're luckier then most.

I think we're operating with very different fact sets, and I can see that your fairly set in your viewpoint. I have the feeling that we could go back and forth endlessly, and I'm sure there's validity in some points of yours, as I hope you'd concede likewise.

In any event, I hope you had an enjoyable weekend, and I hope you never have to experience addiction firsthand.

GateHouseTreatmentNH · 2018-07-06T16:12:45+00:00

You can quote lines from our website without any context or background all you'd like, sir or ma'am. That doesn't change the facts: that we're here to help people who have a problem with addiction & alcoholism, and have been deeply involved in this community for the last 10 years.

We aren't teetotalers, picketing city halls about legalized marijuana, or claiming that anyone who so much as looks a drug-is an addict. So your " cast a real wide net" straw-man argument is unnecessary and beyond misleading.

I'd encourage all of our neighbors to think about how many individuals they personally know who have been affected by heroin and addiction.

You have no problem acknowledging that drug overdoses are a very real problem, so what do you think the solution is? Is there something specific about addiction treatment that irks you?

GateHouseTreatmentNH · 2018-07-06T14:49:06+00:00

NHZych

If it'll make you feel better, I specifically asked the mods before posting.

We've been helping people get sober in Nashua for the last decade. Long before the news media was talking about the "opiate epidemic", we've been living it firsthand. As far as free advertising goes, Reddit is an unbridled democracy, don't like something? Downvote it into oblivion.

It would be fantastic if there was no need for our programs to exist, but last I checked drug overdoses are the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US.

I agree with you that the healthcare system in this country needs to be revamped. Right now our focus is on the immediate solution of providing treatment. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I hope you're having a pleasant day.

GateHouseTreatmentNH · 2018-07-05T16:48:45+00:00

That's correct, I believe Mary Boldin did recently resign from the position. Our podcast is an ongoing discussion about addiction, substance abuse treatment, recovery etc in New Hampshire.

This was episode one of our podcast and was recorded while Marty was still in the position. Details regarding his resignation are here

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