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RSAP State Profile: NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Demographics  

New Hampshire Census

Quick Facts:  http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/33000.html
Area:  
8,968.10 sq. mi
Population:  1,235,786 (2000 actual census); 1,309,940 (2006 estimate)
Population Density: 137.8 persons per sq. mi (2000 actual census)

Total # of New Hampshire Counties: 10
http://www.n9jig.com/counties/county.html

Individual New Hampshire County Populations http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/dp3_2kmenus/us/Counties/NH33.html

General census state demographic profiles
Summaries of data on household demographics, income, poverty, housing, employment, education, ancestry, migration, language, disability and other information are available in .pdf format tables for each state.
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/sdcprofiles3/us/states/

Population estimates for all states
The Population Estimates Program publishes state population estimates each year for total population with details on age, sex, race and Hispanic origin. The first release of total population estimates at the end of the calendar year includes demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration). Later releases include population data by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin and give numbers for single year of age, different age groupings, and median age. These data are estimates of the population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of July 1 of each year.  Downloadable datasets available
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/

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New Hampshire Task Force on Women and Addiction
A network of information and resources that support women’s recovery.  Provides links to programs including targeted prevention for girls project (TPG), women's leadership training initiative (WLTI), corrections, professional and community trainings
http://www.nhtfwa.org/index.html

The status of substance abuse prevention, intervention and treatment among New Hampshire women (PDF) . Report by joint task force of the NH Department of Health and Human Services; the NH Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment; Dartmouth Medical School ; and the NH Alcohol and Drug Services Providers' Association to develop a plan to address the scope of the problem of substance abuse on a statewide basis.
http://www.nhtfwa.org/publications/StatusofSubstanceAbuseAmongNHWomen-Final1.pdf  

Overcoming the impact of alcohol and other drug problems, April 2007 (PDF)
http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/NR/rdonlyres/eqdeuuumtu35laj26t745pnzzsrepstdq3oxub
2ty2523u3t7uuijovbpbm523q2qiqczbblkvjpli5w73s2eo3gbwc/Plan-Alcohol-DrugStatePlan.pdf

New Hampshire Drug Trends
http://www.usdrugtrends.com/new-hampshire.htm

New Hampshire state drug and alcohol policies
Provides information, strategic planning assistance, and leadership development for community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment.
http://www.jointogether.org/getinvolved/state/new-hampshire/

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, initiated in 1971, is a face-to-face sample of approximately 68,000 persons over age 12. The survey measures illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco in the civilian, non-institutionalized US population. Website features downloadable datasets, national summaries and significant state findings, and online analysis. Because of survey improvements, 2002 and later surveys should not be compared with 2001 and earlier surveys. Data can be reported at the national or state level. 
http//oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
for Rural Substance Abuse Partnership States

View and compare significant differences in drug use prevalence between NSDUH survey years as well as quintile placement for RSAP states.  Significance, percentages, and annual averages based on National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Data reported by age group, region and state.

Source:  Office of Applied Studies. (2007). Changes in Prevalence Rates of Drug Use between 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 among States. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

Online sources:
http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/states.htm 

http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k3State/LOF.htm (2002-2003 maps)
http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k4State/LOF.htm (2003-2004 maps) http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k5State/LOF.htm (2004-2005 maps)

State-specific information on methamphetamine http://www.methresources.gov/MethByState.aspx

Statewide strategy: State of New Hampshire government leaders methamphetamine task force (March 2006)
http://doj.nh.gov/docs/StatewideMethStrategy.pdf

New Hampshire Methamphetamine Awareness Task Force, New Hampshire U.S. Attorney’s Office.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nh/initiatives/meth.html

New Hampshire Profiles and Publications, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Includes 2006 state and Concord area profiles of drug indicators.  Includes drug-related use, arrests, trafficking, and treatment summarized from a wide range of national and state datasets.  Because of differences in reporting, this should not be used to compare states.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/statelocal/nh/index.html

State Prevention Inventory http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/prevent/prev%5Finventory/
newhampshire.pdf

Inventory of State Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Activities and Expenditures (PDF) 
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/inventory/nh.pdf

National Co-Morbidity Survey (NCS), National Institute on Drug Abuse
The first NCS survey was administered in the early 1990s; the second follow-up survey was carried out in the homes of a nationally representative sample of respondents aged 18 years and older between February 2001 and April 2003.  Drugs covered by this survey include alcohol, tobacco, sedatives, stimulants, tranquilizers, analgesics, inhalants, marijuana/hashish, cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, medical/nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and polysubstance use.

1990-1992: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA/STUDY/06693.xml

2001-2003: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA-STUDY/04438.xml

Youth  - back to top -

New Hampshire Kids Count, Substance Abuse Data and Reports
This data link allows users to access state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools.
http://www.kidscount.org/sld/profile_results.jsp?r=31&d=1

Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire
http://www.childrennh.org/

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This biannual survey, which was started in 1991, targets students in grades 9-12 in public and private schools.  The YRBSS measures health risk factors, including alcohol and drug use. Website features: downloadable datasets, surveillance summaries, and online analysis.  Data can be reported at the state level and includes selected county and city information as well.

YRBSS “Healthy Youth!” results for New Hampshire : 
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/SelHealthTopic.asp?Loc=NH

New Hampshire Healthy Youth
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/states/nh.htm

New Hampshire YRBSS survey and NH Health Education Profiles, NH Department of Education
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/instruction/HealthHIVAIDS/
youthrisk.htm

Monitoring the Future survey (MTF), University of Michigan
This national survey of adolescent drug use, which began in 1975, focuses on youth in grades 8, 10, and 12, as well as a small sub-sample of previous-year 12th grade participants.   The current sample size is approximately 50,000 students located in roughly 400 schools, both private and public.  Website features: online analysis, downloadable datasets, and the most recent Overview of Key Findings for a national sample.  Survey does not report data at the state level.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA/DAS/04536.xml

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New Hampshire Help Line Website
Online assistance through searchable database of NH health & human services as well as local links and resources on our individual New Hampshire County Pages.
http://www.nhhelpline.org/about.cfm

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Services,  New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Information about and links to treatment services for alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in New Hampshire. Reports and data.
http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/ATOD/default.htm

New Hampshire substance abuse treatment facility locator
http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/PrxInput.aspx?STATE=New%20Hampshire

New Hampshire National Treatment Episode Dataset (TEDS)
National- and state-level information on the numbers and characteristics of individuals admitted to alcohol and drug treatment and describe the facilities that deliver care to those individuals.  Admissions are affected by differences in State reporting practices, varying definitions of treatment admission, availability of public funds, and public funding constraints
http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/tedsweb/tab_year.choose_year_web_table?t_state=NH

Downloadable TEDS datasets
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA-SERIES/00056.xml

TEDS - RSAP Regional Maps (2000-2004): TEDS Maps

New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directory, Center for Substance Abuse TreatmentA resource sponsored by the Division of State and Community Assistance of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to provide information exchange between CSAT staff and State and local alcohol and substance abuse agencies.
http://www.treatment.org/states/nh.html

Drug Trafficking, Arrests, Seizures, Prosecutions  - back to top -

Trafficking

New Hampshire Fact Sheet 2007, US Drug Enforcement Administration
Provides consolidated information about the use, availability, trafficking and seizures of specific drugs statewide.  Also includes information about enforcement and legislation.
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/newhampshire.html

Department of Justice New Hampshire Drug Threat Assessment
Strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat posed by each drug type or category, taking into account the most current quantitative and qualitative information on availability, demand, production or cultivation, transportation, and distribution, as well as the effects of a particular drug on abusers and society as a whole.
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs4/4123/

Threat Assessment Update 2003 (PDF)
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs4/4123/4123p.pdf

New Hampshire High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
Provides State and local profiles, contacts, and resources about drug trafficking.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/hidta/nh.html

Arrests

New Hampshire Department of Justice Drug Task Force
http://doj.nh.gov/drug.html

Teen Drug Use and Juvenile Crime in New Hampshire (December, 2004), New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies (PDF)
http://www.nhpolicy.org/teens1.pdf

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), Federal Bureau of Investigation
PDF reports or downloadable excel files of information by state, city, or offense
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/03cius.htm

UCR, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data website
Detailed county-level arrest and Offense data (most recent 2002)
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/DAS/04009.xml  

UCR - RSAP State Maps (2000-2004):  UCR Maps

National Forensic Laboratory Information System, US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration . The National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) is a U.S.DEA-sponsored project that systematically collects results from solid-dosage drug analyses conducted by State and local forensic laboratories across the country. Website provides links to reports and is searchable by topic.
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/nflis/index.html

New Hampshire Lab Seizures by County, National Clandestine Laboratory Register
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/seizures/new_hampshire.html

Prosecution

New Hampshire Drug Prosecutions, National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)
http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/dppp/drug_prevention_nh.html

NDAA Overview of State Programs (PDF document)
http://www.ndaa-apri.org/pdf/overview_programs.pdf

New Hampshire Marijuana Laws http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=&Group_ID=4551

Domestic Cannabis Cultivation by state (with maps), National Drug Intelligence Center (February 2007).  http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs21/22486/dlinks.htm
PDF (11MB) Special sections on HI, OR, KY, and WV: http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs21/22486/22486p/22486p.pdf

Drug Courts

Services and Recidivism in New Hampshire’s Juvenile Drug Courts (April, 2007), New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies (PDF)
http://www.nhpolicy.org/drug_court_outcomes2007.pdf

American University Justice School of Public Affairs, Programs Office
Website features: filter by all drug court activity, juvenile drug court, or tribal drug court

New Hampshire BJA Summary of Drug Court Activity Map
http://spa.american.edu/justice/map.php

BJA Reports & Publications (choose report type and state)
http://spa.american.edu/justice/drugcourts.php

2004 National Drug Courts Report Card, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National-level data (PDF document) http://www.ndci.org/publications/paintingcurrentpicture.pdf

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Poisoning

WISQARSTM National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARSTM) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, searchable by state or region.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/

Northern New England Poison Center
http://www.mmc.org/mmc_body.cfm?id=2046

Northeast Regional Injury Prevention Network: Poison Data Book (January, 2004) Examines extent of the problem, and the intent, cause and potential risk factors of poisoning events in each state and across the region (PDF).
http://notes.edc.org/HHD/CSN/csnpubs.nsf/0/59fddbb83728b72885256ed9005a9485/
$FILE/poison_book.pdf

Opiate-Related Drug Misuse Deaths in Six States: 2003 (Issue 19, 2006), The DAWN Report, Drug Abuse Warning Network
http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/files/TNDR06OpiateMisuse.htm

Medical Examiner and Coroner Systems

New Hampshire Death Investigation System Descriptions
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/mecisp/new_hampshire.htm

New Hampshire Statutes, Medical Examiners
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-LIX-611.htm

Overview of New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
http://doj.nh.gov/publications/biennial20042005/chief_medical_ex.pdf

Prescription Monitoring Programs

State Monitoring of Prescription Drugs and Other Substances Bill Status Update (PDF), National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (April 2007)
As of February 2007, update includes summaries of bills related to electronic tracking systems for retail sales of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine products
http://www.natlalliance.org/pdfs/April%202007.pdf

Prescription Drug Monitoring Project, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws
General information, does not include information about New Hampshire.
http://www.natlalliance.org/prescription_drug.asp

State Prescription Monitoring Program Reports, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration
Overview of Prescription Monitoring Programs, includes state contacts but no state-specific information listed.
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/program/index.html

Maps  - back to top -

National Treatment Dataset (TEDS) by region: 
Northeast U.S. (2000-2004)

Alcohol
Amphetamine
Cocaine
Heroin
Marijuana
Other Opiates

Uniform Crime Reporting (USR)  
by state (2000-2004): New Hampshire

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Rural Substance Abuse Partnership (RSAP)
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