FILE - A container of Narcan, a brand name version of the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone, sits on a table following a demonstration at the Health and Human Services Humphrey Building on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Washington. The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell in 2023 — for only the second time since the current national epidemic of drug deaths began more than three decades ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the numbers on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File
MANCHESTER, N.H, – Officials say suspected deaths from overdoses increased during the month of May.
According to recently released data from American Medical Response 11 suspected deaths were reported in Manchester, while two were recorded in Nashua last month.
Officials from AMR note that the new number comes in above the monthly average recorded over the past year and that the last time suspected deaths reached double digits was in October of 2023.
