Article Excerpt: 68,557 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2018. Opioid addiction in particular is responsible for a large portion of these deaths, and it is especially prevalent in New Hampshire, which is one of the top five states with the highest rate of opioid-involved deaths…The Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, which is supported by the NIH, and uses federal funds to research cutting-edge treatments for opioid use disorder, according to CTBH director Lisa Marsch. Marsch said that Geisel has piloted several new programs, forming partnerships with the New Hampshire state prison system, emergency rooms and even the Manchester Fire Department to give residents better access to treatment.
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