Tag: opioid epidemic
Addiction Policy Forum launches web resource to aid Rhode Islanders dealing...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health reports 323 people died of an overdose in 2016, with another 39 so far in 2018 –...
R.I. Congressional delegation pushes for immediate release of $12.5M opioid funding
CRANSTON – After securing a $10 million increase in federal funds to a total of $12.5 million to address the opioid epidemic in Rhode...
Raimondo to honor local municipal leaders for overdose prevention plans
WARWICK – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo will join the members of Rhode Island's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick...
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,...
Opinion: Opioid epidemic devastating R.I.
It seems that every generation has its own epidemic to battle. But unlike polio or cholera, the tragic epidemic of our time is one...
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...
CDC: Rhode Island among five states showing decline in opioid emergency...
PROVIDENCE – A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows Rhode Island is one of the five states in the United States...
R.I. communities sue opioid manufacturers, distributors as public nuisances
PROVIDENCE — Fourteen Rhode Island communities led by Lt. Gov. Dan McKee are filing a public nuisance lawsuit against five of the largest pharmaceutical...
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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