Tag: opioid addiction
R.I. receives $6.5M in federal grants to fight opioid addiction
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received $6.5 million in State Targeted Response Opioid Crisis grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,...
Bloomberg visits ACI to learn about R.I.’s medication-assisted treatment program
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s national reputation for its innovative approach to curbing opioid-addiction deaths using medication-assisted treatment at the R.I. Department of Corrections attracted...
Family Service of Rhode Island, CODAC use $750K grant to aid...
PROVIDENCE – CODAC Behavioral Healthcare and Family Service of Rhode Island are using a $750,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Office for Victims of Crime to...
R.I. Hospital receives $11.8M federal grant to establish opioid research center
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has received an $11.8 million federal grant to address the opioid epidemic by establishing the Center of Biomedical Research...
R.I. runs $600K prevention campaign ‘The Truth About Opioids’
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force announced today a local $600,000 social media and television public prevention campaign,...
CVS Health Foundation grants $56K for 211 call center substance use...
PROVIDENCE — The United Way’s 211 call center will soon be able to bring in Anchor Recovery peer counselors on opioid and other substance...
Roger Williams Medical Center adds medication assisted treatment to addiction services
PROVIDENCE — Medication Assisted Treatment, which has gained support as the state campaigns to curb opioid abuse and overdose deaths, is now offered at...
Five Questions With: Sheldon Whitehouse
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., recently introduced the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 Act to increase the funding authorization levels for the CARA...
Women & Infants’ emergency room earns Level 3 certification in opioid...
PROVIDENCE — Women & Infants Hospital’s Emergency Department has earned Level 3 Certification in opioid treatment, the first in the Levels of Care for Rhode...
CVS, eight pharmacy companies pledge partnership fighting opioid abuse in letter...
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health CEO Larry J. Merlo joined eight other pharmacy industry CEOs in signing a letter to President Trump Wednesday pledging their...
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