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Patrick Tufts is the chair of the Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention. (ETHAN DEWITT/CONCORD MONITOR PHOTO)

CONCORD — Despite ducking the national trend, New Hampshire is projected to reduce the number of lives lost to drug overdose by more than 11 percent from 2018-21.

According to the latest CDC data, there were an estimated 101,263 drug overdose deaths in the United States between June of 2020 and June of 2021. This was an increase of 20.6 percent from the same period the year before. During this same time period, New Hampshire was one of only four states to reduce drug overdose deaths. This data solidifies New Hampshire’s track record as a nationwide leader in bucking the national trends and saving lives.

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