Category Archives: Drugs
Woman believed to be smuggling drugs into NH prison
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a woman believed to have brought drugs into the men’s prison. The woman appears to be in her mid-30s, approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall, weighing between … Continue reading
Police Warn of Counterfeit Tablets With Fentanyl
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire State Police are alerting the public to tablets that look like oxycodone, but contain fentanyl, potentially creating an overdose hazard. The Narcotics and Investigations unit says investigators have seized large quantities of tan-colored tablets marked “M30.” … Continue reading
New Hampshire Hypocrisy: A “Drug Den” When Convenient
Officials in NH, particularly the governor, had a chance here to walk the walk, and do what they advised Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera a few short months earlier: stop overreacting, stop playing the victim, and embrace the reality so we … Continue reading
Senator Hassan Statement on New Hampshire DOJ Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma
“The role that drug makers have played in contributing to the heroin, fentanyl, and opioid crisis that is devastating communities in New Hampshire and states across the country is abundantly clear. Through improper marketing of prescription opioids, drug makers have … Continue reading
NH Hempfest Documentary Released Free Online!
Last year I had the pleasure of attending and broadcasting my talk radio show, Free Talk Live, from the third annual NH Hempfest! This year it’s back, rebranded to the “NH Cannabis Freedom Festival“, again at the beautiful Roger’s Campground from … Continue reading
New Hampshire sues opioid makers for deceptive marketing
New Hampshire on Tuesday became the latest state to launch a lawsuit against a prescription painkiller manufacturer, Perdue Pharma, for deceptively marketing OxyContin. The state’s attorney general accused Perdue in a civil complaint of downplaying OxyContin’s risk of addiction, overstating … Continue reading
Girard at Large – On Air News Read for August 9, 2017
Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin and other opioid drugs, is being sued by the state of New Hampshire. In a statement issued yesterday, the Office of the Attorney General said it filed the suit at the conclusion of an … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Girard At Large
Tagged Lawsuit, Merrimack County Superior Court, Purdue Pharma
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Not Unexpectedly: Government Policies Helped Create the Opioid Epidemic
For years, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services included questions about pain management in patient satisfaction surveys that were linked to payment, encouraging a standard of patient-pleasing over good medicine. This fostered a culture that encouraged health care providers … Continue reading
NH Attorney General Announces Medicaid Settlement
Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that New Hampshire will receive $70,808.24 in restitution and other recoveries from the Celgene Corporation (Celgene). New Hampshire has joined with other states and the federal government to settle allegations that Celgene engaged in … Continue reading
MJ Decriminalization is Wrong Focus in Fight Against Addiction
Aren’t New Hampshire’s drug/addiction problems bad enough? How does decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana (MJ) reduce the number of addicts and associated costs? Decriminalization isn’t the answer to reducing our addiction problem. Lacking personal experience, I refer to President Obama’s … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Culture, Drugs
Tagged Decrim, Don Ewing, Drugs, Marijuana, Michael Botticelli
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The New Media Militia 