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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...
BENDING BUT MAYBE BROKE: Rhodes Technologies in Coventry – along with parent Purdue Pharma – was the location of a February protest against its role in the opioid crisis, which was represented by a large spoon.  / COURTESY THE OPIOID SPOON PROJECT

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...
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