claim: "drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in new hampshire."
author: maggie hassan
evidence_1: jun 6, 2017 ... deaths last year likely topped 59000, which is 19 percent more than the year ...  kentucky, west virginia and new hampshire have also experienced shocking ...  ohio is now suing five big drug companies that manufacture ...
evidence_2: politifact new hampshire on friday, october 28th, 2016. false ... "drug  overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in new hampshire. ".
evidence_3: jun 28, 2017 ... overdose calls are now such a large part of his firefighters' work, they ...  manchester is at the heart of new hampshire's opioid epidemic, which ... ago,  was involved in nearly two-thirds of the state's drug deaths in 2015. ... issue,  leading to the cdc's release of new opioid prescription guidelines last year.
evidence_4: aug 15, 2018 ... drug overdoses killed about 72,000 americans last year, a record number ... it is  the second factor that most likely explains the bulk of the ... in parts of new  england, where a more dangerous drug supply ... “because it's a drug epidemic  as opposed to an infectious disease .... see what's in place already.
evidence_5: aug 3, 2017 ... the drug problem in new hampshire and elsewhere isn't as simplistic ... have a  serious drug problem — in 2015, new hampshire was second only to ... are now  the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in new hampshire, ...