Tag: Drugs
Inmate admits he tried to smuggle drugs into Wyatt Detention Center
CENTRAL FALLS – A detainee at the Wyatt Detention Center admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a scheme to smuggle contraband...
New R.I. law protects patients who rely on specialty infusion drugs
Specialty drugs might come in a delicate glass vial in the mail, shipped by a specialty pharmacy in a styrofoam carton cushioned with ice...
RIDOH launches enhanced, daily overdose surveillance system
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has activated an enhanced system to track nonfatal overdoses throughout the state daily and to alert community...
Resolution for Rhodes, Purdue could take a while
This could be the year of reckoning for pharmaceutical companies over their sales and promotion of opiate painkillers, including a Rhode Island-based drug manufacturer...