Fentanyl has changed what is at stake when someone you love is using. A planned drug intervention gives your New Hampshire family a way to act now, together.
A drug intervention is a structured meeting, prepared with a professional interventionist, in which the people closest to someone who is using ask them to accept treatment that day. We travel to families throughout New Hampshire, including Portsmouth, and planning starts right away, because with today's drug supply waiting carries real risk.
Court-ordered addiction treatment. No addiction-specific process a family can start.
Overdose Good Samaritan law. Yes (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 318-B:28-b).
Naloxone. NH DHHS issues a standing order for pharmacies to dispense opioid reversal medication, and the state distributes naloxone kits through the regional Doorway locations (source).
State agency. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services.
State treatment line. The Doorway (via 211 New Hampshire): Dial 211, available 24/7.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
New Hampshire recorded 293 drug overdose deaths in 2024, an age-adjusted rate of 21.6 per 100,000, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (source). Before anything else, keep your loved one alive.
If your loved one is in immediate danger, call 911. If they are in emotional crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
New Hampshire has a Good Samaritan overdose law (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 318-B:28-b) that offers some legal protection to people who call for help during an overdose. Its protections have conditions, but calling 911 is always the right move.
Naloxone (Narcan) reverses an opioid overdose, not stimulants. See our fentanyl family guide.
New Hampshire's Doorway program runs nine regional locations that act as single points of entry for substance use help, and the state says one is always less than an hour away (source).
Each one shapes the medical side of detox differently.
Not directly. New Hampshire has no substance use commitment law that a family can start on its own. A planned, professionally led intervention is the most reliable route to treatment.
New Hampshire has no law that lets a family member petition a court to order involuntary treatment for substance use alone. (source) Confirm the current rules with a New Hampshire attorney before relying on them.
See the full steps, how fast someone leaves for treatment and our cost guide.
The state agency that oversees substance use treatment is New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services. For treatment searches, New Hampshire offers The Doorway (via 211 New Hampshire): Dial 211, available 24/7.
Yes. New Hampshire has a Good Samaritan overdose law (N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 318-B:28-b) that offers some legal protection to people who call for help. Its protections have conditions, but calling 911 is always the right move.
We begin planning right away by phone or video, and travel to families throughout New Hampshire, including Portsmouth. Call (850) 563-9776 to talk through realistic timing.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
