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New Hampshire is way behind its neighbors, Vermont and Massachusetts that offer MAT for inmates leaving jails and state prisons as well as defendants in many of their drug courts. NH has only one drug court the offers MAT and no correctional facilities. Rhode Island and Connecticut prisons also offer MAT. Maine appears to be the only other state in the region way behind the curve. Given the high death rate across New England for opioid overdoses, the reluctance or inability of correctional officials in Maine and New Hampshire to join their colleagues across the region in offering addicts MAT is telling. There is no excuse. - Concerned Correctional Drug Counselor