MITCH WEINTRAUB was named the Rhode Island state chair of the Addiction Policy Forum in July. / COURTESY ADDICTION POLICY FORUM
Mitch Weintraub, a Burrillville native, graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in environmental science and has worked in the green industry his entire life. After the death of his younger brother Jackson in August 2017, Weintraub began speaking out about addiction and mental illness. He was named…