New Hampshire is not a state typically thought of for its drug problems, but the truth is that no matter where you are in the United States drugs can be a problem. Retail quantities of cocaine remain readily in the State of New Hampshire. Dominican narcotics traffickers are the principal distributors of cocaine in the state. Heroin is available in street-level quantities by Dominican narcotics traffickers with New York sources who operate in the Lowell/Lawrence, MA, areas. Marijuana is readily available throughout the state, and it is apparent that marijuana is the predominate drug of choice in the state. New Hampshire has experienced a continued growth in availability of methamphetamine within the state in the past few years, particularly in and around the seacoast area. It is anticipated that this trend will continue.

Illegal drugs are not the only source of drug problems facing the state of New Hampshire. Many prescription drugs that have been manufactured legally are finding their way to people who abuse them and become addicted to them. Much of the diversion problem in New Hampshire involves fraudulent prescriptions, duped doctors, mail order pharmaceuticals, illegal/over dispensing, doctor shopping, and chemically impaired practitioners, etc. Oxycontin is increasing as a pharmaceutical drug of abuse in the state. This is a nationwide trend that seems to be going unnoticed by the main stream media and politicians. Prescription painkillers now cause more fatalities due to overdoses than cocaine and heroin. Some wish to blame this on doctors being tricked by their patients to make them believe that they need more of the medications. Like someone who has graduated from medical school and knows intricate details and information about the human body and the narcotics they are in control of is being tricked by a patient with a drug habit.  Whenever there is a problem on such a grand scale one can always follow the money.

New Hampshire does have illegal drug problems just like the rest of the country. New Hampshire has seen a rapid increased availability of MDMA (Ecstasy), particularly among students and in association with the rave environment. The majority of the MDMA in the seacoast area of New Hampshire comes from New York City. The State of New Hampshire has experienced a continued growth in availability of methamphetamine in the past few years, particularly in and around the Seacoast area. Meth is primarily transported into the state via express mail packages and by common carrier from the West Coast of the United States. Methamphetamine prices have remained stable. With problems like these it is important for help to be readily available. That’s why Narconon provides help to people nationwide and can work with people wherever they are to get them help and provide effective drug rehab.