OPIOID CRISIS AND HIGH LIGHTING THE TOOLS THEY SAY ARE SAVING LIVES. OUR ROSS KETSCHKE HAS MORE FROM CONCORD. <16;58;38;27 "SO, SHE GOT HIM THE PROSAC. INSTEAD IT WASN'T A PROSAC, IT WAS ONE OF THE DESIGNED FENTANYL PILLS."> TERESA GLADSTONE KNEW A LITTLE ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS. BUT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 2020 - THE ISSUE SHE HEARD ABOUT ON THE NEWS BECAME SOMETHING THAT CHANGED HER FAMILY FOREVER. <16;58;48;28 "HIS BROTHER WENT IN AN FOUND HIM ON THE BED, PURPLE."> HER 18 YEAR OLD GRANDSON OLIVER DIED OF FENTANYL POISONING. SUDDENLY - SHE SAW THE EPEDEMIC EVERYWHERE SHE LOOKED. EACH OF THESE 430 CANDLES OUTSIDE THE STATE HOUSE REPRESENTS AN OVERDOSE DEATH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST YEAR. <16;59;55;15 "IT WAS SUDDENLY, MY EARS AND EYES WERE TUNED TO EVERYTHING ON THE NEWS OR ON THE INTERNET THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH OVERDOSE."> FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AND SHE'S TRYING TO HELP OTHERS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO DRUG DEATHS... AND STOP FUTURE OVERDOSES FROM HAPPENEING. <17;01;44;10 "THAT WE'VE BEEN RAISING AWARENES ABOUT NARCAN. WE'VE BEEN RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED FOR REHAB."> MANCHESTER AND NASHUA ARE REPORTING DIP IN DEADLY OVERDOSES SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR. ADVOCATES SAY INCREASED ACCESS THE OVERDOSE REVERAL DRUG NARCAN IS SAVING LIVES. <17;15;53;02 FREEMAN TOTH "YOU CAN'T GIVE SOMEONE TOO MUCH NARCAN, IT'S AN OPIOID RECEPTIVE BLOCKER AND SIMPYL LIMITS THE OPIOIDS ABILITY TO DO WHAT IT DOES FOR A TIME SO A PERSON CAN SEEKTREATMENT FOR THEIR ACUTE SYMPTOMS."> NARCAN IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE TOOL AGAINST THE NEWEST DRUG THREAT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE STREETTS... XYLAZENE. IT'S BEEN FOUND IN 26 OVERDOSE DEATHS THIS YEAR - USUALLY CUT INTO OTHER DRUGS. NOW ADVOCATES ARE WORKING TO GET TEST STRIPS INTO THE HANDS OF USERS SO THEY CAN KNOW IF IT'S BEEN CUT INTO THEIR DRUGS. <17;26;22;01 "THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE XYLAZINE TEST STRIPS OUT