After nearly a decade of grim statistics, New Hampshire’s getting some very good news in the fight against opioid death and addiction.

The latest data show opioid deaths and overdoses have dropped dramatically, with overdose deaths and emergency responses falling to their lowest levels in a decade in the state’s two largest cities.

No one died from opioid-related overdoses in Nashua last month, and Manchester saw three overdose deaths, continuing a trend that health officials say could mark a genuine shift in the long-running epidemic.

“October suspected opioid ODs were well below recent averages and continue to trend in a very encouraging direction,” said Chris Stawasz, Northeast regional director of government affairs for Global Medical Response, Inc.

Stawasz, who began tracking opio

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