Only One More Vote to Go
On Wednesday, May 9, New Hampshire moved one step closer and only one vote away from becoming the 49th state to pass legislation to create a prescription monitoring program.
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Liquor in Grocery Stores - Senate Committee Votes Unanimously to Kill HB 1251
On Tuesday, April 24, the Senate Ways and Means Committee put the next to last nail in the coffin of efforts to expand the distribution of liquor to grocery and convenience stores, when it voted 6 - 0 to recommend HB 1251 Inexpedient to Legislate.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Bill Unanimously Passes Committee
On Tuesday, the House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Committee unanimously voted to recommend SB 286 (relative to a controlled prescription drug health and safety program) Ought to Pass with Amendment.
You Made It Happen! Great News on HB 1251
Today the New Hampshire House of Representatives SOUNDLY DEFEATED a floor amendment to HB 1251 which would have authorized liquor to be sold in 1400 grocery and convenience stores
DON’T BE FOOLED - NH House Wants All Grocery and Convenience Stores to Sell Hard Liquor
The expansion of liquor sales is a TERRIBLE IDEA.
Just the Facts Ma’am
Because I am often asked by policy makers for facts and data to support a request for public policy change or program funding, I am always grateful when a new source of current and New Hampshire specific data and analysis becomes available. Since I know that I am not the only person seeking such information, I am thrilled to commend to you the recently issued New Hampshire Epidemiological Profile of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health (December 2011). The report behind this rather dry and academic title represents more than five years of work by the State
Alcohol Advertising in Making You Crazy? A NH Law Can Help
Are you concerned about some of the advertising you see in New Hampshire for alcoholic beverages on signs, in the press, on the radio? Does it encourage underage drinking, glamorize binge drinking, or otherwise offend?
Current research clearly establishes the negative impact of alcohol advertising on youth:
A Stake in the Heart of Efforts to Reduce the Legal Drinking Age?
This is the fifth time in seven years that legislation to reduce the drinking age has been introduced.
Public Policy and Advocacy: A Smart Way to Effect Change
A rainy morning didn’t dampen spirits at the New Hampshire Hospital Association in Concord on October 3. In a room filled with nearly 40 people, New Futures Director of Leadership Development Linda King and Director of Advocacy Tricia Lucas shared an informative session, “Public Policy and Advocacy: A Smart Way to Effect Change.”
SB120 “Happy Hour” Public Hearing Set
Hearing date for SB 120 (relative to alcoholic beverage advertising restrictions) set for 10 a.m. on March 15, 2011.
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On Wednesday, May 9, New Hampshire moved one step closer and only one vote away from becoming the 49th...
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On Tuesday, April 24, the Senate Ways and Means Committee put the next to last nail in the coffin of...
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On Tuesday, the House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Committee unanimously voted to...
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For those of you who do not know me: I am a smart, informed mother. I do not draw a line of denial around...
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Unless you are a policy geek like me, you may not be aware of the drama and excitement surrounding the...
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Decriminalization sends a message that possession and use are okay.
Partnership
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Q. What do the Associated Press, the Concord Monitor, WMUR, National Public Radio and NHPR all have in...
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Approximately 40% of people with a substance use disorder also have a mental health disorder.
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As the weather warms up and we head into the prom/graduation/cookout/wedding season, many of us are...
Leadership
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The media workshop New Futures sponsored with White Birch Communications and the Endowment for Health has...
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Did you happen to see the New Hampshire Sunday News on March 11, 2012? The Sunday News launched a four-...
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On Thursday, March 8, 2012, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted on HB 1526, which...
