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Overdose deaths in R.I. fall for second year in a row

PROVIDENCE – Overdose deaths in Rhode Island have dropped 25% since 2022, falling to pre-COVID-19 levels, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the Governor’s Overdose...

Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America's two...

Report: Overdose deaths falling in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Overdose deaths are falling in Rhode Island, according to new data from the R.I. Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force. The task force...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION has gifted $250,000 to URI's College of Pharmacy to purchase and distribute Narcan kits to community-based organizations. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation gifts $250K to URI for purchase and distribution of...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is gifting a $250,000 grant to the University of Rhode Island to purchase roughly 3,000 Narcan kits for...
OLEG NIKOLYSZYN, a former Providence attorney, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft from an employee benefit pension fund in U.S. District Court Monday. / COURTESY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH

Two in custody following seizure of 3.4 kilograms of fentanyl pills

PROVIDENCE – Two men are in federal custody following a Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force investigation that resulted in the seizure of more...

Health officials tracking increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Overdose deaths involving fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, are on the rise in Rhode Island, health officials say. The R.I. Office of the...

Providence man sentenced to 5 years in prison for possession, distributing...

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man found to be in possession of more than 100 grams of fentanyl was sentenced Feb. 7 to five years...

R.I. Hospital-led researchers use devices to test street drugs for fentanyl

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island Hospital opioid expert is leading a study that has found that using two separate methods to check for fentanyl...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has $6.8 million in federal funding to address the opioid crisis in partnership with Rhode Island state officials. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University awarded grants to reduce opioid overdoses

PROVIDENCE (AP) — Brown University was awarded $6.8 million in federal funding to work with Rhode Island health officials to help solve the opioid...

Insys files for bankruptcy, overcome by opioid liabilities

NEW YORK – Insys Therapeutics Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after agreeing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a related probe...
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